This is a drawing of an angelic figure standing over a skeletal form. The illustration shows an angelic being with wings, holding a scythe, in a barren landscape under a sky with radiating lines. On the ground, there is a skeletal form. The artwork is rendered in monochrome with detailed linework, and there is a hint of a rising or setting sun on the horizon.

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Death Defeated

William Strang (Scottish, 1859 - 1921)

1888 (published 1894)

Medium: etching on laid paper
Classification: Print
Dimensions: plate: 12.5 x 7.6 cm (4 15/16 x 3 in.) ; sheet: 16.2 x 9 cm (6 3/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Culture: British
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line: Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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