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The body of Tippu Sultan is laid out and mourned by a woman and servants. Stipple engraving by L. Schiavonetti, 1801, after R.K. Porter.

When your pet dies : some tips to help you to cope / RSPCA.

A father has died and is mourned by his wife and children, as his eldest son returns from the wars, distraught by his arrival too late to see his father alive. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1781, after J.B. Greuze.

Death's triumph over a much loved family man; illustrated by a skeletal death figure pulling the hair of the retreating doctor. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1814, after himself.

The last goodbye.

1in4zines. No. 3, Grief trigger (the exception) / lucysullivanuk.com.

Memento Mori! : zur Kulturgeschichte des Todes in Franken : Ausstellung im Stadtmuseum Erlangen 2. September 1990-6. Januar 1991 / [Katalog, Bernward Deneke and others].

Mirek Craney /  by Deborah Kelly and collaborators

Coping with bereavement / Hamish McIlwraith.

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The last goodbye.

1in4zines. No. 3, Grief trigger (the exception) / lucysullivanuk.com.

Memento Mori! : zur Kulturgeschichte des Todes in Franken : Ausstellung im Stadtmuseum Erlangen 2. September 1990-6. Januar 1991 / [Katalog, Bernward Deneke and others].

Mirek Craney / by Deborah Kelly and collaborators

Coping with bereavement / Hamish McIlwraith.