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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.

People decorating the graves of their relatives in a cemetery in Italy for the celebration of All Souls. Gouache painting by Reginald Cleaver.

The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Engraving by S. Scafa.

The resurrected Christ rises over terrified soldiers. Engraving after A. Dürer, 1512.

Crimean War: Florence Nightingale and Mr Bracebridge at Cathcart's Hill burial ground. Tinted lithograph after W. Simpson.

Crimean War, Cathcart Hill: burial ground. Process print.

Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Etching by G.B. Castiglione.

Crimean War: a guardian angel appearing to a widow mourning the death of her husband on the battlefield. Coloured aquatint by J. Harris, 1856, after O. Norie and W. Bullock Webster.

Christ's body is carried to its tomb. Etching after Raphael, 1506-7.

The Assumption of the Virgin. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after A. Carracci.

The tomb of Mary Queen of Scots in Westminster Abbey: stone effigy and numerous heraldic sculptures. Engraving by C. Dubosc after H. Gravelot.

Tomb of Benjamin Jesty. Photograph, 19--.

An angel reading the inscription on the tombstone of William Woollett. Stipple engraving.

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The Assumption of the Virgin. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after A. Carracci.

The tomb of Mary Queen of Scots in Westminster Abbey: stone effigy and numerous heraldic sculptures. Engraving by C. Dubosc after H. Gravelot.

Tomb of Benjamin Jesty. Photograph, 19--.

Christ is laid into a tomb. Lithograph by M. Fanoli after E.R. Wehnert, 1849.

An angel reading the inscription on the tombstone of William Woollett. Stipple engraving.