Death - Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire
1540 to 1550

This 16th century wall painting depicting death with spade and scythe is on the west wall of the Blessed Virgin Mary ⓘ and Saint Leodegarius church at Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire.
The skeleton is painted in a reddish-brown hue on a faded plaster wall, with exaggerated features such as a prominent ribcage, hollow skull, and bony limbs. The faint foliage-like designs surround the figure, symbolizing decay or the natural cycle of life and death.