Francis Douce (1757 - 1834), antiquary, born in London, was for some time employed at the British Museum. He published Illustrations of Shakespeare (1807), and a dissertation on The Dance of Death (1833). 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... An antiquarian is one concerned with antiquities or things of the past. ... This article is about the British city. ... The centre of the museum was redeveloped in 2000 to become the Great Court, with a tessellated glass roof by Foster and Partners surrounding the original Reading Room. ... From The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein La Danse Macabre, also called Dance of death, La Danza Macabra, or Totentanz, is a late-medieval allegory on the universality of death: no matter ones station in life, the dance of death united all. ...

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