PLATE XXI.—THE DUTCHESS.
Death, in the shape of two hideous skeletons, comes to surprise her as she is lying softly on an elegant bed. One of the skeletons awakes her with the sound of a violin, while the other is pulling off her bed-clothes, making frightful grimaces.
De lectulo, super quem ascendisti, non descendes, sed morte morieris. 4 Reg. i. 4.
PLANCHE XXI.—LA DUCHESSE.
Sous la figure de deux sequelettes hideux, la Mort vient la surprendre, mollement couchée sur un lit élégant. L’un des squelettes la réveille au son d’un violon, tandis que l’autre lui arrache sa couverture en faisant d’effroyables grimaces.
PLATE XXII.—THE COUNTESS.
She is wholly taken up with the care of her dress, and is receiving with eagerness, from the hands of one of her maids, a very rich robe with a gold chain. Death comes to derange her toilet, and has already, without being perceived, slipped round her neck a collar made of small bones.