Thomas Patch's etching Laurence Sterne, alias Tristram Shandy: "And When Death Himself Knocked at My Door" (1769).
Featured on PDR in the essay “Alas, Poor YORICK!”: The Death and Life of Laurence Sterne
On the 250th anniversary of Laurence Sterne’s death, Ian Campbell Ross looks at the engagement with mortality so important to the novelist’s groundbreaking work.
Also appearing in the essay…
And When Death Himself Knocked at My Door
Artist
Date
1769
Digital Rights
- Labelled “Public Domain” (with link to CCO license)
- See their general rights page
- We offer this info as guidance only