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Prayers for the dead

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  • The funeral of a Chinese merchant's wife in Hong Kong. Wood engraving after G.W. Cooke (?), 1859.
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    Four ancient Egyptians performing an annual celebration of the dead of their family, with the mummies of the deceased shown behind in niches. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.

    Roccheggiani, Lorenzo, active 1804-1817. | Date: [1811?] | Reference: 2856126i
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    Prayers for the departed : purgatory, pardons, invocation of saints, images, relics ; some remarks and notes on the twenty-second article of religion / by Eustace T. d'E. Jesse.

    Jesse, Eustace T. d'E. | Date: 1900
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    The funeral of a Chinese merchant's wife in Hong Kong. Wood engraving after G.W. Cooke (?), 1859.

    Cooke, George Wingrove, 1814-1865. | Date: [1859] | Reference: 17293i
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