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This image is an engraving of the first illustration of a female skeleton, after J. J. Sue (1710-1792).

This engraving portrays a skeleton at doomsday that is seating on a grave. Regarding its gender, the skeleton displays neutral gender characteristics, as neither masculine nor feminine attributes are present in the image.

This engraving represents the scene when Saint James the hermit looks at a female skeleton. This is one of the few cases where the skeleton's gender is identified as feminine, and this can be seen in the lettering: "Dextera ne flamma(m?) rapiat,…

This image represents a scene where skeletons are taking living men and women. Some of the individuals are still alive and struggling to free themselves from the skeletons, some are already dead. Although skeletons are not represented with specific…

This image portrays a group of women running away from skeletons that are going after them. The skeleton standing and pointing at the women seems to be feminine because of the size of its hip bones and because of how its legs are positioned. This…

This etching represents four skeletons. From left to right, the first skeleton sings, the second plays the violin, the fourth is sitting with its legs crossed and resting its skull on its hand and the fourth one plays the cello. All skeletons are…

"Bible. N.T. Revelation; Matthew 24. The ranks are divided into left and right, saved and damned. On the right hand side, devils prod the unruly mass into rank and file. In the middle, hybrids of skeleton and human emerge from the ground. Around…

This engraving represents several images of medical treatments and anatomy. On the top half, we can see a human skeleton and on the right and left, figures of a man and a woman. This could indicate that the same skeleton is represented for both…

The image represents a young woman holding a skull and looking at it. The skull is represented without specific gender traits (i.e. hair), thus, it is very difficult to identify its gender.

"In Murer's play this etching accompanies a speech about purification through martyrdom. It shows allegorically how the human soul is tested by life's tribulations. The soul is refined in an ironworks (the universe) by a team of metalworkers: a good…