Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1860-04-07
For thu Dclawarr lnluire.i
THE COURT OF DEATH.
Nav Yonx, March 9th, Isl

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arr; tne "orh was eAecutcu u" S"lonyi ha,
lor Knapp, VI ,hls Guy, hnu Is "ohno"ieueeu
W " 'ie nness spe.. y. VI .a. Th " ~.
craving efer issneu II. 'nis eou"'is' i"e siAe
ia.ge, pcing 20 ~ 81 , ,hehes. H..
e4eou'eu oh pm ~ ai"t w. M''.ni = pe,"s
Prlnteu III successive y" CotorS, prouuoes "
perez. rAe-ouI,le oI .ne or,gina, Lain's, =,
~ so,. "'iu insiiom 'in''' i'eA eo'"'"h' ""'
penu'iiui Pc sPss''S, A. nj. A..
on showing the Picture 10 Mr. re"ie, tne
venerable Ar.ls' now III tne o"u is", VI MS
IVY, nv B"'e n'e '"e ioiio"i"s e'iN'e"N'
r riiI..IS Vow Nov l0'l l 81 d.,
Painting Of The court Of DEATH recently cSc,cd for Dr.
O. O. COiroN, Uhe present proprietary by sarony Major
Knapp 81 new iork, ana can sgri,iy tn. Is an acc
- w. " REMBRANDT fEALE.
Tho nr;,. of s;miIar amir, vings In this citv
vor;os from 81 ~ SIN Enothing or The Kind
can he hought for lass ,hnn ~ only aboui
,o0o conies ~ nnv nnyroving which costs 81
can he aold. and this navs int n fair nro6t af-
for Tho eynense nf naner' nrintino. and Getting
nm The mates, The main exncnse IL moi in the
na,or and nrint;uv Int in ,l,r mates
Nav in Tho snIn NJ ,hc Enrrnyinos If tho
aCourt nf Deatb " have odontcd an entirely
now nr;ncinle Instead of seIlino t0O0 comics
AT iii each. / pronosc to sell 100 900 comics nj
81 each
M,. friends ian ma IL ia a hazardoua undrr-
taxing. but thc success which has attended
the enterprise for the mast four months is n
onarantec that my cvncctotions will he realized.
1'he s;mnlc easnn III, en- fcw fine cnornyinos
and mixtures arc founi in The narlors through
ont Tho country ia because they arc so exuen-
s;ye If The Man which I have adontcd suc-
ceads Iof which have M doubt s shall do
a sery;ce n the dealers in mud n,,rchasers Of
snch yorts
The Court of Death ia sermon ON canvas
n discourse unon Life and death. II contains
"a Iife.size fioures on n canvas covering 40
souorc feet heinz u feet lone he Ia wide.
DEATH ia moi renresented In the firm of "A skele-
ton hut as a Moporch mr. King shroudcd in oh.
scuritv The Painting ia Intended to renresent
the presence and mower of Death. the unccr-
tainty of human life War and lis attendant
evils Famine. Pestilence. CONFEDERATION. the
Slain Victim and the Widow and Orphan In
temperasce. and the charms and temptations
of Worldly Pleasure Romorse Deliriim. Sui-
eide. also Copsumution. Fever AroDlexy
Hypochondria, and, lastly, the Triumphs OF
Virtue. Religion, and Christian Faith over the
terrors of Death.
On viewing the Painting many years since
the Hon. Miilard Fillmore wrote to Hon. b.
Storer. of Cincinnati as follows. 81 confess
have been greatly pleased with this splendid
snecimen Of American Cenins md cannot doubt
that all Dersons of taste will he olad TO have an
opportunity Of seeing 50 eminent n work
The Painting has becn made the snbiect of
sDecial disco,,rse nv Rev DR. Snraoue Rev.
Dr.. Welch. Rev. DR.. Bacon Rev. pr. Cleveland.
Rev DR.. Wayland. and others.
Each purchaser Of an Enoroyino will reccye
n numbered Cer,i,icote cons,itn,;nc tho holdor
a proprietor IN the ORIGINAL paintinc. worth
S55 900 and entitled 10 one Share In its final
distribution. 10 he made rs soon as the 100 400
Engravings are sold
Ks the reader does NOT know me. I shall he
axcusad for nna,inr ,ybo, ,ha NJ VII nIs.s.
per (edited BY Rev, DR.. prme1 says Of off The En-