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A corpse laid out on a table for observation in a hospital. Drawing by L. Beatrice Thompson, c. 1913, after an engraved title page, 1677.
Date: 1913Reference: 25799i
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Two female figures standing on either side of drapery bearing the title of Vesling's Syntagma anatomicum: beyond, the anatomy theatre of the University of Padua. Engraving by Giovanni Georgi, 1647.
Date: 1647Reference: 25026i
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Sleeping beauty : memorial photography in America / Stanley B. Burns.
Stanley B. BurnsDate: [1990]
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Remarks on the question, are there any circumstances in which the lifting of the dead is justifiable? / by Aliquis.
AliquisDate: 1824
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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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The political lives of dead bodies : reburial and postsocialist change / Katherine Verdery.
Katherine VerderyDate: [1999]
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A Roman soldier throws a javelin over a dead body. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31704i
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An anatomist making an incision from the neck through the upper ribs of a skeletal cadaver. He stands behind the cadaver, his right hand cutting with a large blade while his left arm comes round the cadaver's neck as he uses his left hand to pull back the ribs at the incision. Colour process print, 1926, after a manuscript illustration, 1345.
Date: [1926]Reference: 26665i
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Santa Maria della Concezione, Rome: skulls and skeletons of the friars arranged in arches and columns around the walls of the Convento dei Cappuccini. Photograph.
Date: [1900?]Reference: 664121i
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The prophet Ezekiel surrounded by bodies surfacing from the earth. Engraving after H. Goltzius.
Hendrik GoltziusReference: 20117i
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A dead man, wearing robes, lying on his deathbed. Photograph.
Smythe, Adrian, active approximately 1900?Date: [1900?]Reference: 38494i
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Philippines: the dead body of a wealthy man displayed seated on a high chair after having been smoked for 24 days. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1908? and 1924?]Reference: 663917i
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A dead man with smallpox (?) and gangrene. Colour photograph, 1936.
Date: [1936]Reference: 2398646i
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Cuttin' the body loose : historical, biological, and personal approaches to death and dying / William Joseph Gavin.
Gavin, W. J. (William J.), 1943-Date: 1995
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The raising of Lazarus. Engraving by J. Muller after A. Bloemaert.
Abraham BloemaertDate: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 662683i
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Philippines: the dead body of a wealthy Igorot woman displayed seated on a high chair after having been smoked for 20 days. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1908? and 1924?]Reference: 663921i
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Dead Rainbow Boa showing exposed ribs
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Royal Liverpool University Hospital: a pathologist cutting open a body in the mortuary. Drawing by Julia Midgley, 1998.
Midgley, Julia.Date: 1998Reference: 46847i
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B is for bodies.
Claire IndustriesDate: 2018
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An anatomical dissection by Jean Riolan the younger (1580-1657). Engraving by Crispijn de Passe, 1626.
Crispijn van de Passe the YoungerDate: [1626]Reference: 588752i
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World War One: a young soldier lies dying in a woman's arms on a deserted battlefield. Colour halftone, c. 1915, after D. Tennant.
Tennant, Dudley, active 1915.Date: 1915Reference: 24093i
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Dead matter : the meaning of iconic corpses / Margaret Schwartz.
Schwartz, Margaret, 1975-Date: [2015]
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Anatomy museum : death and the body displayed / Elizabeth Hallam.
Elizabeth M. HallamDate: 2016
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The skeleton of a friar in the role of Death as the reaper, surrounded by skulls, ribs and vertebrae, in a chapel. Photograph.
Date: [1900?]Reference: 664123i
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An anatomical dissection of the abdomen of a cadaver, seen in a foreshortened view. Aquatint by R. Perrette, 1904.
Perrette, René.Date: 1904Reference: 25559i

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A corpse laid out on a table for observation in a hospital. Drawing by L. Beatrice Thompson, c. 1913, after an engraved title page, 1677.

Two female figures standing on either side of drapery bearing the title of Vesling's Syntagma anatomicum: beyond, the anatomy theatre of the University of Padua. Engraving by Giovanni Georgi, 1647.

Sleeping beauty : memorial photography in America / Stanley B. Burns.

Remarks on the question, are there any circumstances in which the lifting of the dead is justifiable? / by Aliquis.

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

The political lives of dead bodies : reburial and postsocialist change / Katherine Verdery.

A Roman soldier throws a javelin over a dead body. Drawing, c. 1793.

Santa Maria della Concezione, Rome: skulls and skeletons of the friars arranged in arches and columns around the walls of the Convento dei Cappuccini. Photograph.

The prophet Ezekiel surrounded by bodies surfacing from the earth. Engraving after H. Goltzius.

A dead man, wearing robes, lying on his deathbed. Photograph.

Philippines: the dead body of a wealthy man displayed seated on a high chair after having been smoked for 24 days. Photograph, 19--.

A dead man with smallpox (?) and gangrene. Colour photograph, 1936.

Cuttin' the body loose : historical, biological, and personal approaches to death and dying / William Joseph Gavin.

The raising of Lazarus. Engraving by J. Muller after A. Bloemaert.

Philippines: the dead body of a wealthy Igorot woman displayed seated on a high chair after having been smoked for 20 days. Photograph, 19--.

Dead Rainbow Boa showing exposed ribs

Royal Liverpool University Hospital: a pathologist cutting open a body in the mortuary. Drawing by Julia Midgley, 1998.

B is for bodies.

An anatomical dissection by Jean Riolan the younger (1580-1657). Engraving by Crispijn de Passe, 1626.

World War One: a young soldier lies dying in a woman's arms on a deserted battlefield. Colour halftone, c. 1915, after D. Tennant.

Dead matter : the meaning of iconic corpses / Margaret Schwartz.

Anatomy museum : death and the body displayed / Elizabeth Hallam.

The skeleton of a friar in the role of Death as the reaper, surrounded by skulls, ribs and vertebrae, in a chapel. Photograph.

An anatomical dissection of the abdomen of a cadaver, seen in a foreshortened view. Aquatint by R. Perrette, 1904.