Burial
![Report to Her Majesty's principal secretary of state for the Home Department from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an inquiry into the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Great Britain; with appendices. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, July, 1842 / [by Edwin Chadwick].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0067887/full/600%2C/0/default.jpg)
Works from the collections
356 works
- Archives and manuscripts
De sepultura
Date: c. 1630Reference: MS.237
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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: 1738Reference: 23215i
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Jacob is taken to the cave in the field of Machpelah by a mournful procession; he wants to die in the spot bought by Abraham. Etching by L. du Guernier after L. Chéron.
Chéron, Louis, 1655-1725.Reference: 18340i
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The Assumption of the Virgin. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after A. Carracci.
Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.Reference: 21594i- Books
Greek burial customs / Donna C. Kurtz and John Boardman.
Kurtz, Donna, 1943-Date: 1971