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The body of Saint Bruno is laid out in state and surrounded by mourning Carthusian monks. Etching with engraving after E. Le Sueur.

Christ is laid into a tomb. Lithograph by M. Fanoli after E.R. Wehnert, 1849.

The four holy women lament over the dead Christ. Line engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1598, after Annibale Carracci, 1597.

Christ's body is carried to its tomb. Etching after Raphael, 1506-7.

The dead Christ is lamented by his mother and disciples. Crayon-manner print by A. Leroy, 1853, after Raphael.

A young knight in full armour receiving extreme unction from a priest surrounded by his grieving family. Line engraving with stipple by J. Goodyear after G. Cattermole.

A woman. Oil painting.

J. St. John Long (a dubious medical practitioner) dressed as a funeral mourner surrounded by ducks and placards which advertise several malpractice cases of his in which patients died. Coloured etching attributed to A. Sharpshooter, 1830.

Rizpah keeps watch in the tranquil night over the decaying bodies of her sons. Mezzotint by R. Dunkarton and J.M.W. Turner, 1812, after the latter.

The four holy women lament over the dead Christ. Mezzotint by W. Say, 1824, after Annibale Carracci, 1597.

Christ's body is carried to its tomb; the lamenting women watch. Line engraving by A. Sadeler after F. Barocci.

Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

The whole duty of mourning : and the great concern of preparing our selves for death, practically considered / written some years since by the author of The whole duty of man, and now published upon the sad occasion of the death of our Most Gracious Sovereign Lady Mary the II, Queen of England, &c. of blessed memory.

Death : a graveside companion / edited by Joanna Ebenstein ; foreword by Will Self.

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Mourning customs

Images from the collections

Images about Mourning customs

Works from the collections

Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

Death : a graveside companion / edited by Joanna Ebenstein ; foreword by Will Self.

Christ is laid into a tomb. Lithograph by M. Fanoli after E.R. Wehnert, 1849.

The body of Saint Bruno is laid out in state and surrounded by mourning Carthusian monks. Etching with engraving after E. Le Sueur.

Mourning customs

Images from the collections

Images about Mourning customs

Works from the collections

Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

Death : a graveside companion / edited by Joanna Ebenstein ; foreword by Will Self.

Christ is laid into a tomb. Lithograph by M. Fanoli after E.R. Wehnert, 1849.

The body of Saint Bruno is laid out in state and surrounded by mourning Carthusian monks. Etching with engraving after E. Le Sueur.

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