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Grief

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  • A young woman faints on hearing the news of the death of General Wallenstein (?). Line engraving with etching by Peter Carl Geissler.
  • Joseph's brothers show his coat, apparently soaked in his blood, to Jacob, who mourns. Etching.
  • The body of Saint Bruno is laid out in state and surrounded by mourning Carthusian monks. Etching with engraving after E. Le Sueur.
  • 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.
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    A man suffering from dropsy dictating his will while a physician takes his pulse, he is surrounded by his wife and friends. Engraving.

    | Reference: 21623i
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    An old woman dying with her hand held by her daughter; two men, with impaired limbs, pay their last respects. Colour stipple print by E. & M.A. Scott after T. Stothard.

    Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834. | Reference: 17216i
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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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    A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.

    Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546. | Date: [1542?] | Reference: 23028i
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    A man and a boy contemplating gravestones in a cemetery. Line engraving by J.M. Delattre after J.H. Ramberg.

    Ramberg, Johann Heinrich, 1763-1840. | Reference: 44395i
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