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An angel reading the inscription on the tombstone of William Woollett. Stipple engraving.
Date: 1785Reference: 45223i
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Christs voice to London, and the great day of Gods wrath : being the substance of II sermons preached (in the city) in the time of the sad visitation : together with the necessity of watching and praying : with a small treatise of death / by William Dyer.
William DyerDate: 1666
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The risen Christ appears to the Virgin Mary. Line engraving by R. Strange, 1773, after himself, 1764, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
GuercinoDate: 1773Reference: 24734i
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Death and philosophy / edited by J.E. Malpas and Robert C. Solomon.
Date: 1998
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Memento mori : the dead among us / Paul Koudounaris.
Koudounaris, PaulDate: 2015
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Corrupt bodies : death and dirty dealing in a London morgue / Peter Everett and Kris Hollington.
Peter EverettDate: 2019
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Memoria sobre la verificacion de las defunciones : leida en la Academia Médico-Farmacéutica de Barcelona / por Estanislao Andreu y Serra.
Andreu y Serra, Estanislao.Date: 1876
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A skeleton encircled with a decorative band. Woodcut.
Reference: 33884i
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A priest gives a dying man his last rites. Coloured woodcut, 1493.
Date: 1493Reference: 33694i
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A priest performing a ceremony in a temporary chapel on a ship housing the remains of Napoleon Bonaparte. Lithograph by J. Arnout.
Jean-Baptiste ArnoutReference: 46738i
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Hébert, Michel Pierre Alexis (1799-1887)
Hébert, Michel Pierre Alexis, 1799-1887Date: 1855-1859Reference: MS.2822
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Three young children visiting their mother's grave in a cemetery. Line engraving with etching by E.F. Finden after R. Westall.
Richard WestallReference: 44408i
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Der Scheintod. Vortrag gehalten im Deutschen gesellig-wissenschaftlichen Verein von New-York am 15. December 1886.
Henry Jacques GarriguesDate: 1889
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The wounding of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving, 1814.
Date: 1814Reference: 548037i
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Burying the victims of the plague in 1665. Engraving by Page after S. Wale.
Samuel WaleReference: 10072i
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Savitri pleading with Yama for her husband's life. Chromolithograph.
Reference: 26220i
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A believers triumph over death : exemplified in a relation of the last hours of Dr. Andrew Rivet and an account of divers other remarkable instances : being an history of the comfortable end and dying words of several eminent men, with other occasional passages, all tending to comfort Christians against the fear of death and prepare them for a like happy change.
Nehemiah CoxeDate: 1682
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A phrenologist holding a skull palpates a girl's skull, while her mother looks on. Lithograph by A-N. Delaunois after A. Debacq.
Debacq, Charles-Alexandre, 1804-1853.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 16178i
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The rape of Lucretia by Tarquin. Line engraving by C. Cort after Titian, 1571.
TitianDate: 1571Reference: 42779i
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The nurse and the dying patient / Jeanne C. Quint.
Jeanne Quint BenolielDate: 1967
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A naked man lies with his eyes closed with one foot touching a lit candle held by a golden cupid; he lies on his side floating above an array of gold gift-wrapped presents among other items with one arm raised towards a glowing gold star with a gold cloud bearing a cupid, a personified gold moon and a falling teddy bear; includes the message in Italian: 'excluded because of AIDS'; one of a series of posters by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz/Aide Suisse contre le SIDA/Aiuto AIDS Svizerro. Colour lithograph by Etienne Francey and Daniel Ammann.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 675045i
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Of our obligation to put our trust in God, rather than in men, and of the advantages of it : in a sermon preached before the honourable society of Grayes-inn, upon the occasion of the death of our late Royal Sovereign Queen Mary / by William Wake.
William WakeDate: 1695
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Memento mori : what the Romans can tell us about old age and death / Peter Jones.
Peter V. JonesDate: 2018
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The preserved recumbent body of Saint Margaret of Cortona (1247-1297), wearing a wreath. Line engraving with etching by G.B. Leonetti after a drawing by the Marquis Domenico Venutti, 1804.
Venutti, Domenico.Date: 1804Reference: 46646i
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Mary enters her Dormition holding a candle, surrounded by the apostles. Engraving.
Reference: 21251i

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An angel reading the inscription on the tombstone of William Woollett. Stipple engraving.

Christs voice to London, and the great day of Gods wrath : being the substance of II sermons preached (in the city) in the time of the sad visitation : together with the necessity of watching and praying : with a small treatise of death / by William Dyer.

The risen Christ appears to the Virgin Mary. Line engraving by R. Strange, 1773, after himself, 1764, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

Death and philosophy / edited by J.E. Malpas and Robert C. Solomon.

Memento mori : the dead among us / Paul Koudounaris.

Corrupt bodies : death and dirty dealing in a London morgue / Peter Everett and Kris Hollington.

Memoria sobre la verificacion de las defunciones : leida en la Academia Médico-Farmacéutica de Barcelona / por Estanislao Andreu y Serra.

A skeleton encircled with a decorative band. Woodcut.

A priest gives a dying man his last rites. Coloured woodcut, 1493.

A priest performing a ceremony in a temporary chapel on a ship housing the remains of Napoleon Bonaparte. Lithograph by J. Arnout.

Hébert, Michel Pierre Alexis (1799-1887)

Three young children visiting their mother's grave in a cemetery. Line engraving with etching by E.F. Finden after R. Westall.

Der Scheintod. Vortrag gehalten im Deutschen gesellig-wissenschaftlichen Verein von New-York am 15. December 1886.

The wounding of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving, 1814.

Burying the victims of the plague in 1665. Engraving by Page after S. Wale.

Savitri pleading with Yama for her husband's life. Chromolithograph.

A phrenologist holding a skull palpates a girl's skull, while her mother looks on. Lithograph by A-N. Delaunois after A. Debacq.

The rape of Lucretia by Tarquin. Line engraving by C. Cort after Titian, 1571.

The nurse and the dying patient / Jeanne C. Quint.

Of our obligation to put our trust in God, rather than in men, and of the advantages of it : in a sermon preached before the honourable society of Grayes-inn, upon the occasion of the death of our late Royal Sovereign Queen Mary / by William Wake.

Memento mori : what the Romans can tell us about old age and death / Peter Jones.

The preserved recumbent body of Saint Margaret of Cortona (1247-1297), wearing a wreath. Line engraving with etching by G.B. Leonetti after a drawing by the Marquis Domenico Venutti, 1804.

Mary enters her Dormition holding a candle, surrounded by the apostles. Engraving.