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Death as a weird demon.  Illustration from the article, “The grotesque.” Form, a quarterly of the arts. April 1916.
Heidelberg University
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Satan costume. Ameline, role de Satan, dans “La poule aux oeufs d’or.”  ca. 1848.
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Corpse duo. La Danse des morts, comme elle est dépeinte dans la louable et célèbre ville de Basle. 1744.
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Death admires himself in a mirror. The Ingoldsby legends. 1843. Frontispiece.
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Sitting. Posture. 1928.
Wellcome Library via Internet Archive
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Death shakes hands with the louse that carries typhus. 1919. Soviet health poster.
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Thistles grow near a crow perched on a skull. La intrusa. 1926. Book cover detail.
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The skulls of early humans. Popular Nucleonica. March 1960.
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“Making the death seat safer.” Popular science. July 1950. Magazine cover art.
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“These are flying reptiles or winged dragons.” The snakes of South Africa. 1921.
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Halloween face. New Pathways in Science: We Find Out. 1940. 
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Devils. 15th century. _Demonology and devil-lore_ 1879
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Pulp magazine ad for rubber masks, detail. Whisper Magazine. May 1950. Internet Archive
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Creature with a lion’s head and woman’s body with a tail.   Illustration from the article, “The grotesque.” Form, a quarterly of the arts. April 1916.
Heidelberg University
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A penetrating look at black cats on Nemfrogtoe.
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Fig. 21. “Lateral aspect of the skeleton of the cat.” Mammalian anatomy, with special reference to the cat. 1903. 
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For a good time  check out Nemfrogtoe.
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“A witch of about the middle of the 15th century.” Demonology and Witchcraft. 19th century. 
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Death dances with the queen. Todten-Tanz / Danse des Morts. 1744.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
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