Cemeteries
![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].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0067887/full/600%2C/0/default.jpg)
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237 works
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A morai (place of burial) in Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, visited by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by D. Lerpinière after J. Webber, 1780/1785.
Webber, John, 1751-1793.Date: [1784]Reference: 566635i
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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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A man and a boy contemplating gravestones in a cemetery. Line engraving by J.M. Delattre after J.H. Ramberg.
Ramberg, Johann Heinrich, 1763-1840.Reference: 44395i
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Bodysnatchers in a church cemetery disturbed by the braying of an ass. Mezzotint, 1771.
Date: 2 May 1771Reference: 25643i
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Grave of Alphonse Bertillon. Photograph.
Reference: 561871i