Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A man of a hundred years is Death's target. Etching.
A man of a hundred years is Death's target. Etching.
Wellcome Collection

A man of a hundred years is Death's target. Etching.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: 100 Jahr g'enad dir Gott. Die letzte Stunde schlägt, der Sand ist ausgeloffen. Ach! dass der Him̄el nur Stünd wie der Kirchhof offen! Herr! Stell dem Aug dein Creutz, dein letztes Wort dein Ohr, dass mich der andre Tod nicht treffen könne, vor!

🔒
Order museum-quality prints

Sign in to order prints, canvas, and more of this work. Browsing and full-resolution downloads stay free.

More from Wellcome Collection

Louis, a giant. Lithograph by M. Gauci, 1826.
Wellcome Collection
Louis, a giant. Lithograph by M. Gauci, 1826.
Unknown artist
The manufacture and use of carton-pierre and papier-mache: floral and heraldic decorative panels, the whole lettered and numbered for a key. Engraving by le Canu after Goussier.
Wellcome Collection
The manufacture and use of carton-pierre and papier-mache: floral and heraldic decorative panels, the whole lettered and numbered for a key. Engraving by le Canu after Goussier.
http://data.europeana.eu/agent/13212
Saint Francis of Paula holding a walking stick and and a
Wellcome Collection
Saint Francis of Paula holding a walking stick and and a
Unknown artist
A Japanese prisoner in chains. Gouache painting by a Japanese artist, ca. 1850.
Wellcome Collection
A Japanese prisoner in chains. Gouache painting by a Japanese artist, ca. 1850.
Unknown artist