Stele or marker, usually stone, that is placed over a grave

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William Hawes: memorial tablet. Line engraving by J. Basire.

Boer War: the grave of men of the Naval Brigade who were killed in the battle of Graspan. Halftone, c. 1899, after H. E. Miles.

The resurrected Christ rises over terrified soldiers. Engraving after A. Dürer, 1512.

Boer War: the grave of those killed at Bronkhuis Spruit, with men standing round. Line engraving, c. 1901.

Crimean War: Florence Nightingale and Mr Bracebridge at Cathcart's Hill burial ground. Tinted lithograph after W. Simpson.

Crimean War, Cathcart Hill: burial ground. Process print.

Church of St. Ignatius, Jesuit Pharmacy Hospital College, Rome: with a Benedictine convent and St. Mauro's monument. Line engraving after O. Grassi.

Crimean War: a guardian angel appearing to a widow mourning the death of her husband on the battlefield. Coloured aquatint by J. Harris, 1856, after O. Norie and W. Bullock Webster.

The resurrected Christ appears before terrified soldiers. Etching by B. Bartoccini after F. Overbeck, 1848.

The church of Saint Charles Borromeo (Karlskirche) and the chapel of Saint Roch, Vienna. Engraving by J.A. Corvinus after S. Kleiner.

Two men in a graveyard, one of them pointing to an ornate stone tomb, possibly to indicate the whereabouts of a third man to the second one. Etching attributed to J.W. Meil, 17--.

Crimean War: ruins of the British soldier's graveyard. Wood engraving by R.C.H?.

Das Basler Arztrelief : Studien zum griechischen Grabund Votivrelief um 500 v. Chr. und zur vorhippokratischen Medizin / (Robert Käppeli, dem ersten Präsidenten des Basler Antikenmuseums, zum 70. Geburtstag am 21. Juli 1970.).

Grave of Alphonse Bertillon. Photograph.

Castel Sant'Angelo (mausoleum of Hadrian), Rome: as seen from the river. Line engraving by F. Morelli, 1796.

India: the tombstone of Brigadier General Nicholson in a cemetery near Delhi. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.

World War One: a lone man digs in a dilapidated graveyard. Colour chalk drawing with pencil, c. 1914.

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Sepulchral monuments

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Das Basler Arztrelief : Studien zum griechischen Grabund Votivrelief um 500 v. Chr. und zur vorhippokratischen Medizin / (Robert Käppeli, dem ersten Präsidenten des Basler Antikenmuseums, zum 70. Geburtstag am 21. Juli 1970.).

Grave of Alphonse Bertillon. Photograph.

Castel Sant'Angelo (mausoleum of Hadrian), Rome: as seen from the river. Line engraving by F. Morelli, 1796.

India: the tombstone of Brigadier General Nicholson in a cemetery near Delhi. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.

World War One: a lone man digs in a dilapidated graveyard. Colour chalk drawing with pencil, c. 1914.

Sepulchral monuments

Images from the collections

Images referencing Sepulchral monuments

Works from the collections

Das Basler Arztrelief : Studien zum griechischen Grabund Votivrelief um 500 v. Chr. und zur vorhippokratischen Medizin / (Robert Käppeli, dem ersten Präsidenten des Basler Antikenmuseums, zum 70. Geburtstag am 21. Juli 1970.).

Grave of Alphonse Bertillon. Photograph.

Castel Sant'Angelo (mausoleum of Hadrian), Rome: as seen from the river. Line engraving by F. Morelli, 1796.

India: the tombstone of Brigadier General Nicholson in a cemetery near Delhi. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.

World War One: a lone man digs in a dilapidated graveyard. Colour chalk drawing with pencil, c. 1914.

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