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.
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Death is usually represented as a skeleton holding a scythe, hourglass, or spade. Sometimes as a skull, or lone horseman
This allegorical figure of death holding a scythe and hourglass is part of the monument, by Nicolas Blasset, dedicated to Amiens Magistrate Jean de Sachy (d1644).