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Crypts

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  • An exhumed mummy in St. Stephen's Crypt in Westminster. Chalk lithograph by J. Basire after George Scharf, 1852.
  • The west dining hall, Greenwich, in the crypt below the Painted Hall, full of Pensioners eating dinner. Coloured lithograph by W. Bligh Barker after himself.
  • Juliet, kneeling between the bodies of Romeo and Paris in the burial crypt of the Capulets, is about to stab herself in the chest with a dagger while a group of torch-carrying soldiers arrives in the background. Etching.
  • Les Invalides, Paris: entrance to the crypt of Napoleon's tomb. Wood engraving.
  • Teaching Hospital School, Salerno, Italy: part of the Crypt of St. Maria. Pen and ink drawing by [J.N.T.].
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    Les Invalides, Paris: entrance to the crypt of Napoleon's tomb. Wood engraving.

    | Reference: 44497i
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    The church of Saint Peter-in-the-East, Oxford: section of the chancel and plan of the crypt. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1835, after G. Gwilt, 1818.

    Gwilt, George, 1775-1856. | Date: 23 April 1835 | Reference: 21364i
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    St. Peter-in-the-East, Oxford: crypt showing bones and skulls. Coloured aquatint by J. Bluck, 1813, after F. Nash.

    Nash, Frederick, 1782-1856. | Date: 1 July 1813 | Reference: 21361i
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    The west dining hall, Greenwich, in the crypt below the Painted Hall, full of Pensioners eating dinner. Coloured lithograph by W. Bligh Barker after himself.

    Barker, William Bligh, 1807-1862. | Date: 1840 | Reference: 31928i
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    Teaching Hospital School, Salerno, Italy: part of the Crypt of St. Maria. Pen and ink drawing by [J.N.T.].

    T., J. N. | Reference: 22730i
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