Death and the Circus postcard

Death and the Circus postcard : This is one of a series of vintage art/ Illustrations from: The English Dance of Death book published in 1816, art by Thomas Rowlandson, poetry, by William Combe circa 1815. Here you have Death presenting the hourglass to what appear to be a troup of preformers, perhaps a circus troupe or playwrights? you have another couple wandering away toward ships in port in the background. . The Dance of Death, or Danse Macabre art/ genre stylised Deaths approach of people of all stations and walks of life, reaffirming that Death is the great leveler/equalizer. They were produced as an artistic genre of religious works from the 1400s thru the 1800s, period to remind people of the fragility of their lives and how vain are the glories/pleasures of earthly life