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The suicide of Cato. Etching by P. Testa, 1648.

A shell-shocked man in a uniform of the British Army seated on a rock, with a sunset behind, about to kill himself. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1973.

A destitute girl throws herself from a bridge, her life ruined by alcoholism. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848.

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The death of Cleopatra. Etching by or after A. Hirschvogel, 1547.

The wife of Hasdrubal the Boetharch, seeing the defeat of Carthage by the Romans, throws herself and her children into a blazing temple in front of distressed onlookers. Engraving by P. Woeiriot.

Tillingham : A second Virgin Mary! : from some fragmentary leaves, in the possession of Charles Clark. (Fac-simile reprint) / printed by Charles Clark, (an amateur) at his Private Press.

An episode in The sorrows of young Werther, by Goethe: Albert, the husband of Charlotte, asks his wife to comply with Werther's request to lend him his pistols; she hands them to Werther's servant boy, knowing that Werther will shoot himself with them. Line engraving by P. Bonato after J.H. Ramberg.

Suttee, with Lord Hastings shown as accepting bribes to allow its continuation. Coloured aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1815, after Quiz.

The suicides of Pyramus and Thisbe: Thisbe and Pyramus lying dead in front of Ninus' tomb, having stabbed themselves with the sword next to them. Line engraving by V. Vangelisti after G. Reni.

To be, or not to be : a study of suicide / by Louis I. Dublin and Bessie Bunzel.

Trauma castle : childhood stories and surviving them / [Billy Bitter].

Suicide in Asia and the Near East / edited by Lee A. Headley ; with a foreword by Norman L. Farberow.

The principles of forensic medicine : systematically arranged, and applied to British practice / By John Gordon Smith.

Suicide / edited by Alec Roy.

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To be, or not to be : a study of suicide / by Louis I. Dublin and Bessie Bunzel.

Trauma castle : childhood stories and surviving them / [Billy Bitter].

Suicide in Asia and the Near East / edited by Lee A. Headley ; with a foreword by Norman L. Farberow.

The principles of forensic medicine : systematically arranged, and applied to British practice / By John Gordon Smith.

Suicide / edited by Alec Roy.