The dead body of Tee, one of the chiefs of the island of Tahiti, in a state of preservation. Engraving by W. Byrne, 1784, after J. Webber.

An anatomical dissection of the abdomen of a cadaver, seen in a foreshortened view. Aquatint by R. Perrette, 1904.

Kusōzu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body. Watercolours.

The desiccated corpse of a boy, about twelve years old, found in a vault under Saint Botolph's Aldgate old Church in 1742. Coloured etching by H. Rogers, ca. 1779.

Skulls and bones of friars, looking towards the altar of a chapel. Photograph.

A human skull reused as a banjo. Photograph, 19--.

People visiting the morgue in Paris to view the cadavers. Coloured aquatint by R.B. Peake, 1816.

Dead Python with severe bruising of heart

A covered corpse lying on a bed. Etching by Ch. Chaplin, 1852, after A.G. Decamps.

A man lying dead on the ground with a broken bottle; a woman sits crying at his side. Lithograph by C. Schacher, c. 1845, after J. Faed.

1 drawing : pen and ink, over pencil ; image 47.6 x 48.2 cm

A corpse laid out on a table for observation in a hospital. Drawing by L. Beatrice Thompson, c. 1913, after an engraved title page, 1677.

1 print : engraving ; image 19.9 x 14.4 cm

Two female figures standing on either side of drapery bearing the title of Vesling's Syntagma anatomicum: beyond, the anatomy theatre of the University of Padua. Engraving by Giovanni Georgi, 1647.

1 print : wood engraving ; image 11.2 x 23.2 cm

Franco-Prussian War: peasants going to bury the dead from the Battle of Worth. Wood engraving.

A Roman soldier throws a javelin over a dead body. Drawing, c. 1793.

1 print : collotype, printed in colour ; image 29.5 x 21.5 cm

An anatomist making an incision from the neck through the upper ribs of a skeletal cadaver. He stands behind the cadaver, his right hand cutting with a large blade while his left arm comes round the cadaver's neck as he uses his left hand to pull back the ribs at the incision. Colour process print, 1926, after a manuscript illustration, 1345.

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A corpse laid out on a table for observation in a hospital. Drawing by L. Beatrice Thompson, c. 1913, after an engraved title page, 1677.

Two female figures standing on either side of drapery bearing the title of Vesling's Syntagma anatomicum: beyond, the anatomy theatre of the University of Padua. Engraving by Giovanni Georgi, 1647.

Franco-Prussian War: peasants going to bury the dead from the Battle of Worth. Wood engraving.

A Roman soldier throws a javelin over a dead body. Drawing, c. 1793.

Dead

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A corpse laid out on a table for observation in a hospital. Drawing by L. Beatrice Thompson, c. 1913, after an engraved title page, 1677.

Two female figures standing on either side of drapery bearing the title of Vesling's Syntagma anatomicum: beyond, the anatomy theatre of the University of Padua. Engraving by Giovanni Georgi, 1647.

Franco-Prussian War: peasants going to bury the dead from the Battle of Worth. Wood engraving.

A Roman soldier throws a javelin over a dead body. Drawing, c. 1793.

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