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Images about Burial

156 images from works
  • Saint Cecilia: she enables the bodies of Christian martyrs to be buried. Engraving by G. Fabbri after D.M. Fratta after G. Cavedone.
  • Jesus Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1510.
  • Christ is laid into a tomb. Lithograph by M. Fanoli after E.R. Wehnert, 1849.
  • Boer War: the grave of men of the Naval Brigade who were killed in the battle of Graspan. Halftone, c. 1899, after H. E. Miles.
  • People decorating the graves of their relatives in a cemetery in Italy for the celebration of All Souls. Gouache painting by Reginald Cleaver.
  • Report to Her Majesty's principal secretary of state for the Home Department from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an inquiry into the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Great Britain; with appendices. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, July, 1842 / [by Edwin Chadwick].
  • Burying the dead during the plague of 1665. Etching by C. Grignion after S. Wale.
  • The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Engraving by S. Scafa.
  • The resurrected Christ rises over terrified soldiers. Engraving after A. Dürer, 1512.
  • The funeral of Mrs Susannah Wesley at Bunhill Fields, the Methodist cemetery: a key to the identities of the mourners. Etching.
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Works from the collections

355 works

    • Archives and manuscripts

    De sepultura

    | Date: c. 1630 | Reference: MS.237
    • Pictures
    • Online

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

    Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669. | Date: 1738 | Reference: 23215i
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    Jacob is taken to the cave in the field of Machpelah by a mournful procession; he wants to die in the spot bought by Abraham. Etching by L. du Guernier after L. Chéron.

    Chéron, Louis, 1655-1725. | Reference: 18340i
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    The Assumption of the Virgin. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after A. Carracci.

    Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609. | Reference: 21594i
    • Books

    Greek burial customs / Donna C. Kurtz and John Boardman.

    Kurtz, Donna, 1943- | Date: 1971
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Related topics

Death
Tombs
Cemeteries
Christianity
Sepulchral monuments
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Apostles
Women in Christianity
Ancient
Funeral Rites

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