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Funeral rites and ceremonies

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Rites and ceremonies
Manners and customs

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Images about Funeral rites and ceremonies

188 images from works
  • Schucha, Caucasus: a funeral procession of men holding swords. Wood engraving, ca. 1870.
  • The coffin containing the remains of Mr. Peabody on display in the chapel on board of the ship "The Monarch". Wood engraving, 1869.
  • 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.
  • Jesus blesses Joseph as he dies. Engraving by C. Fantetti after C. Maratta.
  • Your rights in the AIDS era. 11, Acting as executor / Immunity.
  • The funeral of Mrs Susannah Wesley at Bunhill Fields, the Methodist cemetery: a key to the identities of the mourners. Etching.
  • Various rites and cermonies for the burial of a pope, including the catafalque during the funeral and the funeral procession. Engraving by B Picart, 1724.
  • Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Etching by A. Tardieu after Guilbaut.
  • Detail of the funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth I, showing the "Gentlemen Pentioners" carrying flags and banners. Detail of an engraving by J. Basire after William Camden, 1791.
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Works from the collections

325 works

    • Ephemera

    The London Necropolis and National Cemetery Company : capital £150,000, in 6,000 shares of £25 each ...

    | Date: [1837?]
    • Ephemera

    Funeral reform - Antill and Co. are the cheapest : Great Northern cemetery, Colney Hatch ...

    | Date: [1864?]
    • Ephemera

    Cremation : to the editor.

    | Date: [1883?]
    • Ephemera

    Two cremations in England : to the editor.

    | Date: [1882?]
    • Ephemera

    High Street, opposite all Saints Church, Colchester ... bought of L.J. Watts, (Late George Lufkin) stone & marble mason : tombs, monuments, head stones, brick craves, vaults and every description of cemetery work ...

    | Date: 1867
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Related topics

Death
Burial
Coffins
Bereavement
Grief
Christianity
Processions
Dead
Mourning customs
Cremation

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