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Concept

Embalming

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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.
  • Egyptian mummies / by G. Elliot Smith and Warren R. Dawson ; with woodcuts by A. Horace Gerrard and K. Leigh-Pemberton and other illustrations.
  • Egyptian mummies / by G. Elliot Smith and Warren R. Dawson ; with woodcuts by A. Horace Gerrard and K. Leigh-Pemberton and other illustrations.
  • The resurrected Christ appears before terrified soldiers. Etching by B. Bartoccini after F. Overbeck, 1848.
  • Egyptian mummies / by G. Elliot Smith and Warren R. Dawson ; with woodcuts by A. Horace Gerrard and K. Leigh-Pemberton and other illustrations.
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    Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

    Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669. | Date: 1738 | Reference: 23215i
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    [Leaflet advertising an exhibition of the mummified corpse of Julia Pastrana at the Burlington Gallery, 191 Piccadilly, London (1862?)].

    | Date: 1862
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    Histoire des embaumements et de la préparation des pièces d'anatomie normale, d'anatomie pathologique et d'histoire naturelle, suivie de procédés nouveaux / Par J.-N. Gannal.

    Gannal, J.-N. (Jean-Nicolas), 1791-1852. | Date: 1841
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    The three holy women take spices to the tomb of Christ; an angel is waiting there. Etching by J.B. Patas after J.B. Wicar after P. da Cortona.

    Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669. | Reference: 23282i
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    Anthropotomie, ou l'art d'injecter, de disséquer, d'embaumer et de conserver les parties du corps humain. &c / par M. Sue.

    Sue, M. (Jean Joseph), 1710-1792. | Date: 1765
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