Occult Literature
Death
An armoured skeletal rider advances upon a pale horse carrying a dark banner with a white flower. Several human figures occupy different positions beside its path, with towers and a rising light in the distance. The flower and distant light complicate the scene’s movement beyond the skeletal rider alone. Pamela Colman Smith’s design is reproduced in the 1916 Illustrated Key to the Tarot.
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Citation
Pamela Colman Smith (design). "Death" [editorial title]. In The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination, Dr. L. W. de Laurence. 1916 edition, 1916, De Laurence, Scott & Co.. Source scan leaf 73. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/tarot-smith-68
Source details
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Original source design and caption inspected; composition retained with scan margins trimmed. No reconstructed or recoloured details. Design credited to Pamela Colman Smith; reproduced in the active L. W. de Laurence volume. Card border, number and title retained.
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Pamela Colman Smith (design). Death. The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination. Scan leaf 73. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/tarot-smith-68