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Death And The Ploughman's Wife-Frontispiece
Death And The Ploughman's Wife-Frontispiece

Death And The Ploughman's Wife-Frontispiece

Artist (Dumbarton, Scotland, 1859 - 1921)
Date1888
Mediumetching on paper
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPlate Size: Height: 12.7 cm, Width: 19.9 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1931.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG007078
About MeThis print is the second of twelve illustrations from the ballad, "Death and the Ploughman's Wife".
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"Death and the Ploughman" is a late medieval German work comprising a dialogue between the two characters, showing their differing views of life, mankind and morality
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