Apocalypse (BM E,2.278) - Public domain book illustration

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Apocalypse (BM E,2.278) - Public domain book illustration

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The four horsemen of the Apocalypse; four horsemen representing death, famine, war and conquest, ride from left to right over various people, in the left lower corner Hell devours a ruler wearing a bishop's mitre combined with an emperor's crown, with Latin letterpress text on the verso. From the 1511 Latin edition of a series of 15 woodcuts. c.1497-8
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1450 - 1550
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British Museum
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