Themed images for Death.

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Sat, 11/15/2008 - 14:36 - Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Leodegarius. Ashby St. Ledgers, Northamptonshire 09/11/2008. 15th century fresco commemorating the Black Death. The figure of Death holds a spade and pick. Note that the manor house next to this church is where much of the planning for the gunpowder plot of 1605 occurred. The manor house was used to store the arms, munitions , and gunpowder that the plotters collected to supply the uprising they hoped to cause.
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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.

Sat, 09/01/2012 - 15:39 - Jean de Sachy Monument - Amiens Cathedral 01/09/2012
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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).