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A man with closed eyes walking into a skeletal death figure, a group of anxious undertakers run after them. Coloured etching by R. Newton, 1794, after himself.
Richard Newton
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The funeral ceremony of Charles Darwin at Westminster Abbey, 26 April 1882. Wood engraving.
Reference: 555412i
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The funeral of King George IV. Wood engraving with letterpress, 1830.
Date: [1830]Reference: 44322i
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Various rites and cermonies for the burial of a pope, including the catafalque during the funeral and the funeral procession. Engraving by B Picart, 1724.
Q559929Date: 1724Reference: 44257i
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An alchemist concentrates on a book in his study, while Death next to him tells him "My dear Herr Collaborator, you are are too hardworking". Gouache painting.
Reference: 37886i
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William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, lying in state. Etching, 1778.
Date: 1778Reference: 44315i
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Ospedale di Santa Maria Nuova, Florence, Italy: the hospital and piazza. Coloured line engraving by N. Parr, 17--, after G. Zocchi.
Giuseppe ZocchiDate: 12 May 1794Reference: 17677i
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The body of Earl Ferrers, displayed upright in his coffin at the Royal College of Surgeons. Engraving.
Reference: 38392i
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The depositing of the remains of General Picton in the vault at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Wood engraving, ca. 1859.
Date: 1859Reference: 44323i
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The wheel of fortune (left); a medieval lead coffin (right). Line engraving by J. Swaine after T. Hollis.
Thomas HollisDate: 1840Reference: 4554i
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A procession of publicans and a beggar following the coffin of Madam Geneva; attacking the Act preventing distillers from retailing or selling gin on unlicensed premises. Copper engraving plate, 1751.
Date: 1751Reference: 578558i
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The catafalque erected for the funeral service of King Victor Emmmanuel, in the Pantheon, Rome, in 1878. Wood engraving.
Reference: 44332i
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The funeral of Abraham. Engraving by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.
Gerard HoetReference: 15887i
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A drunken man at home with his starving and ruined family. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
George CruikshankDate: 1847Reference: 25966i
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An old man in a top hat sitting in a wooden cart with wheels that resembles a coffin, pointing at a passage in the book he is reading. Etching by J.T. Smith.
John Thomas SmithReference: 44046i
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The coffin plates of the Rebel Lords who were executed on Tower Hill in 1746 and 1747. Etching with engraving by W. Wise after R.B. Schnebbelie, 1816.
Schnebbelie, Robert Blemmel, -approximately 1849.Date: 11 October 1816Reference: 44518i
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Members of different brotherhoods carrying a coffin during a procession. Coloured lithograph after G. Dura.
Gaetano DuraReference: 44242i
Archives and manuscripts
A woman who has chopped and sawed up a body on a table stands by a coffin, with a black hill behind on a red ground
Bonwick, Gillian, active approximately 1966Date: 29 March 1966Reference: 2913485i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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Specification of Henry Revell Spicer : cases for preserving human remains.
Spicer, Henry Revell.Date: 1863
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Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by W.H. Mote, 1846, after J. Franklin after J.F. Overbeck.
Johann Friedrich OverbeckDate: 1846Reference: 23723i
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World War One: two scenes from a hospital ship, a burial service and slightly wounded men on deck. Two halftones, c. 1916, after photographs.
Date: 1916Reference: 24094i
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Members of different brotherhoods carrying a coffin during a procession. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and G. Dura after G. Dura.
Gaetano DuraReference: 44241i
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Rome: people praying at a catafalque in a church for the souls in purgatory. Coloured lithograph by F. Villain after A.J.-B. Thomas, 1823.
Antoine-Jean-Baptiste ThomasDate: [1823]Reference: 44243i
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A congregation of Jewish mourners lowering a coffin into a grave during a funeral. Engraving by B. Picart, ca. 1733.
Q559929Date: 1730-1739Reference: 44224i
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The funeral of Frederick III, Emperor of Germany, in 1888. Wood engraving, ca. 1888.
Date: 1888Reference: 44341i