Memorial of a dead child. Watercolour by S.E.B. (?), 1848.

An angel conducting Prince Octavius to heaven on a cloud, where Prince Alfred greets him: Windsor Castle below. Engraving by R. Strange after B. West.

vi, 173 : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm

The death of a child / edited by Peter Stanford ; [afterword by Dorothy Rowe].

1 print : wood engraving ; image 6.5 x 6.5 cm

The deaths of the firstborn of Egypt. Wood engraving by Hermann Fechenbach, ca. 1930.

1 print : line engraving, with etching ; platemark 63 x 45.7 cm

Saying goodbye : a personal story of baby loss and 90 days of support to walk you through grief / Zoë Clark-Coates.

1 print : etching ; platemark 19.5 x 29.6 cm

Six ancient Roman sepulchral monuments carved with Latin inscriptions. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1762.

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The death of a child / edited by Peter Stanford ; [afterword by Dorothy Rowe].

The deaths of the firstborn of Egypt. Wood engraving by Hermann Fechenbach, ca. 1930.

An angel conducting Prince Octavius to heaven on a cloud, where Prince Alfred greets him: Windsor Castle below. Engraving by R. Strange after B. West.

Saying goodbye : a personal story of baby loss and 90 days of support to walk you through grief / Zoë Clark-Coates.

Six ancient Roman sepulchral monuments carved with Latin inscriptions. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1762.