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A morai (place of burial) in Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, visited by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by D. Lerpinière after J. Webber, 1780/1785.
John WebberDate: [1784]Reference: 566635i
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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.
Louis ChéronReference: 18340i
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A man and a boy contemplating gravestones in a cemetery. Line engraving by J.M. Delattre after J.H. Ramberg.
Ramberg, Johann Heinrich, 1763-1840.Reference: 44395i
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Bodysnatchers in a church cemetery disturbed by the braying of an ass. Mezzotint, 1771.
Date: 2 May 1771Reference: 25643i
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Grave of Alphonse Bertillon. Photograph.
Reference: 561871i
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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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Report to the board of police of Glasgow, by the medical officer and the master of works, on intramural burying grounds.
William Tennant GairdnerDate: 1870
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On the laying out, planting, and managing of cemeteries; and on the improvement of churchyards. With sixty engravings / by J. C. Loudon.
John Claudius LoudonDate: 1843
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India: the tombstone of Brigadier General Nicholson in a cemetery near Delhi. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
Felice BeatoReference: 33473i
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World War One: a lone man digs in a dilapidated graveyard. Colour chalk drawing with pencil, c. 1914.
Date: 1914Reference: 24589i
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Franco-Prussian War: peasants going to bury the dead from the Battle of Worth. Wood engraving.
Reference: 21785i
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Hong Kong: the Parsee Cemetery, Happy Valley. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.
Floyd, William Pryor.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 29704i
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The grave yards of London; being an exposition of the physical and moral consequences inseparably connected with our unchristian and pestilential custom of depositing the dead in the midst of the living / [George Alfred Walker].
George Alfred WalkerDate: 1841
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The grave yards of London; being an exposition of the physical and moral consequences inseparably connected with our unchristian and pestilential custom of depositing the dead in the midst of the living / [George Alfred Walker].
George Alfred WalkerDate: 1841
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Romano-British cemeteries at Cirencester / by Alan McWhirr, Linda Viner, and Calvin Wells ; with contributions from Dorothy Charlesworth [and others] ; and illustrations by Nick Griffiths.
McWhirr, AlanDate: 1982
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Livor mortis zine : party hits. Vol. 2.
Ruttley, StephenDate: 2018
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The Spitalfields project / Council for British Archaeology.
Date: 1993
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G.A. Walker, Lectures on the metropolitan grave-yards.
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Holy Trinity Church and graveyard, Cambridge. Line engraving by H. Le Keux, 1824, after J.P. Neale.
Neale, John Preston, 1771?-1847.Date: 1 July 1824Reference: 16193i
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"Lepers outside the gate" : excavations at the cemetery of the Hospital of St. James and St. Mary Magdalene, Chichester, 1986-87 and 1993 / edited by John Magilton, Frances Lee, and Anthea Boylston ; with contributions by Margaret Judd [and others].
Date: 2008
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Report to the General Board of Health on the state of the burial grounds in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme / by William Lee, Superintending Inspector.
William LeeDate: 1851
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Les morts, l'Église et l'État : recherches d'histoire administrative sur la sépulture et les cimetières dans le ressort du parlement de Paris aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles / Jacqueline Thibaut-Payen ; préf. de Jean Imbert.
Thibaut-Payen, Jacqueline.Date: [1977], ©1977
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Intramural interments in populous cities, and their influence upon health and epidemics / by John H. Rauch.
John Henry RauchDate: 1866
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Circular, que dirige el Señor Gobernador de la Sagrada Mitra á los parrocos, eclesiásticos, y fieles cristianos del Arzobispado de México, sobre erección de cementerios fuera de las poblaciones / [Isidoro Sainz de Alfaro y Beaumont].
Sainz de Alfaro y Beaumont, IsidoroDate: 1809
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Ancient cemetery at Petra. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
David RobertsDate: [1849]Reference: 35950i

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A morai (place of burial) in Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, visited by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by D. Lerpinière after J. Webber, 1780/1785.

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.

A man and a boy contemplating gravestones in a cemetery. Line engraving by J.M. Delattre after J.H. Ramberg.

Bodysnatchers in a church cemetery disturbed by the braying of an ass. Mezzotint, 1771.

Grave of Alphonse Bertillon. Photograph.

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

Report to the board of police of Glasgow, by the medical officer and the master of works, on intramural burying grounds.

On the laying out, planting, and managing of cemeteries; and on the improvement of churchyards. With sixty engravings / by J. C. Loudon.

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.

Franco-Prussian War: peasants going to bury the dead from the Battle of Worth. Wood engraving.

Hong Kong: the Parsee Cemetery, Happy Valley. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

The grave yards of London; being an exposition of the physical and moral consequences inseparably connected with our unchristian and pestilential custom of depositing the dead in the midst of the living / [George Alfred Walker].

The grave yards of London; being an exposition of the physical and moral consequences inseparably connected with our unchristian and pestilential custom of depositing the dead in the midst of the living / [George Alfred Walker].

Romano-British cemeteries at Cirencester / by Alan McWhirr, Linda Viner, and Calvin Wells ; with contributions from Dorothy Charlesworth [and others] ; and illustrations by Nick Griffiths.

Livor mortis zine : party hits. Vol. 2.

The Spitalfields project / Council for British Archaeology.

G.A. Walker, Lectures on the metropolitan grave-yards.

Holy Trinity Church and graveyard, Cambridge. Line engraving by H. Le Keux, 1824, after J.P. Neale.

"Lepers outside the gate" : excavations at the cemetery of the Hospital of St. James and St. Mary Magdalene, Chichester, 1986-87 and 1993 / edited by John Magilton, Frances Lee, and Anthea Boylston ; with contributions by Margaret Judd [and others].

Report to the General Board of Health on the state of the burial grounds in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme / by William Lee, Superintending Inspector.

Les morts, l'Église et l'État : recherches d'histoire administrative sur la sépulture et les cimetières dans le ressort du parlement de Paris aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles / Jacqueline Thibaut-Payen ; préf. de Jean Imbert.

Intramural interments in populous cities, and their influence upon health and epidemics / by John H. Rauch.

Circular, que dirige el Señor Gobernador de la Sagrada Mitra á los parrocos, eclesiásticos, y fieles cristianos del Arzobispado de México, sobre erección de cementerios fuera de las poblaciones / [Isidoro Sainz de Alfaro y Beaumont].

Ancient cemetery at Petra. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.