Death on a Pale Horse | William Blake | 1800 18th Century published around 1897

published around 1897

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Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812)

portrays a dramatic nocturnal scene

Death on a Pale Horse | William Blake | 1800 18th Century published around 1897"Death on a Pale Horse," painted by William Blake around 1800, is a dramatic and powerful representation of one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as described in the Book of Revelation in the Bible. This painting captures the terrifying and inevitable force of death, which is depicted as an armored, kingly figure riding a pale horse, a symbol of death and pestilence. The rider, with a flowing beard and crowned head, wields a large sword,