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Four scenes with a skeleton: the skeleton directing an astronomer-alchemist, poisoning the drink of lovers, contemplating a flagellant, and taking away a man. Drawings attributed to H.K. Browne [Phiz].

Captain Ducie approaches the dead body of M. Platzoff. Process print after R. Taylor after M. L. Gow.

Mercury, an agent of the Terror, carries Capucin Chabot naked towards a furnace; recording the turnover of human life during the Terror in the French Revolution. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1794.

Death and the lady. Etching.

The death of Major Peirson in the battle of Jersey. Engraving by A. Kessler after J.S. Copley.

A man, half human and half skeleton. Coloured etching after R. Dighton, 17--.

Cemetery of the Innocents in Paris. Wood engraving by F.L. Méaulle, .

A clock dial on which a skeleton holds an oil lamp. Drawing by Caleb Elwin, 1800.

A young woman faints on hearing the news of the death of General Wallenstein (?). Line engraving with etching by Peter Carl Geissler.

The coffin containing the remains of Mr. Peabody on display in the chapel on board of the ship "The Monarch". Wood engraving, 1869.

Hospital for Incurables, Blackwell Island, New York. Wood engraving by W.S.L. Jewett.

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

A sermon preached at the funeral of ... Mr. Georg Ritschel, late minister of Hexham in Northumberland / by Mr. Major Algood ... ; with an elegie on his death.

The coffin of Princess Amelia. Coloured engraving.

The dying Sir Wycherly Wychecombe dictates his will. Engraving by J. Cook after J. Cawse, 1844.

On hearing the bells chime for a funeral, very late at night / W.L.

Death and existence : a conceptual history of human mortality / James P. Carse.

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Death

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Images about Death

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A sermon preached at the funeral of ... Mr. Georg Ritschel, late minister of Hexham in Northumberland / by Mr. Major Algood ... ; with an elegie on his death.

The coffin of Princess Amelia. Coloured engraving.

The dying Sir Wycherly Wychecombe dictates his will. Engraving by J. Cook after J. Cawse, 1844.

On hearing the bells chime for a funeral, very late at night / W.L.

Death and existence : a conceptual history of human mortality / James P. Carse.

Death

Images from the collections

Images about Death

Works from the collections

A sermon preached at the funeral of ... Mr. Georg Ritschel, late minister of Hexham in Northumberland / by Mr. Major Algood ... ; with an elegie on his death.

The coffin of Princess Amelia. Coloured engraving.

The dying Sir Wycherly Wychecombe dictates his will. Engraving by J. Cook after J. Cawse, 1844.

On hearing the bells chime for a funeral, very late at night / W.L.

Death and existence : a conceptual history of human mortality / James P. Carse.

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