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

    | Date: 1913 | Reference: 25799i
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    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.

    | Date: 1647 | Reference: 25026i
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    Sleeping beauty : memorial photography in America / Stanley B. Burns.

    Burns, Stanley B. | Date: [1990], ©1990
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    Tibet: a dead body being eaten by dogs. Photograph, 19--.

    | Date: [1900?] | Reference: 663968i
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    Remarks on the question, are there any circumstances in which the lifting of the dead is justifiable? / by Aliquis.

    Aliquis. | Date: 1824
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