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A sermon preached at the funeral of ... Mr. Georg Ritschel, late minister of Hexham in Northumberland / by Mr. Major Algood ... ; with an elegie on his death.
Algood, Major, 1641-1696Date: 1684
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The coffin of Princess Amelia. Coloured engraving.
Date: 1810Reference: 44482i
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The dying Sir Wycherly Wychecombe dictates his will. Engraving by J. Cook after J. Cawse, 1844.
John CawseDate: 1844Reference: 37672i
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On hearing the bells chime for a funeral, very late at night / W.L.
Date: [1760?]
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Death and existence : a conceptual history of human mortality / James P. Carse.
James P. CarseDate: [1980], ©1980
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The Dormition of the Virgin Mary, surrounded by the apostles. Engraving by B. Eredi after C. Maratta.
Carlo MarattaReference: 21253i
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An old woman dying with her hand held by her daughter; two men, with impaired limbs, pay their last respects. Colour stipple print by E. & M.A. Scott after T. Stothard.
Thomas StothardReference: 17216i
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Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.
RembrandtDate: 1738Reference: 23215i
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Reading birth and death : a history of obstetric thinking / Jo Murphy-Lawless.
Murphy-Lawless, JoDate: 1998
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The port of Marseille during the plague in 1720. Coloured etching after M. Serre.
Michel SerreReference: 10078i
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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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L'homme devant la mort / Philippe Ariès.
Philippe ArièsDate: [1977], ©1977
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Christ on the way of the cross; the two Maries sorrow with the swooning Virgin. Engraving.
Reference: 23024i
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Pope Leo XIII on his deathbed. Pen and ink drawing by F. Gillett after A. Bianchini, 1903.
Bianchini, Arturo, active 1898-1905.Date: July 25 [19]03Reference: 548174i
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The Assumption of the Virgin. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after A. Carracci.
Annibale CarracciReference: 21594i
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Three skulls are piled up to form a pyramidal composition on which a dead child partly lies. Heliogravure after S. Beham, 1529.
Hans Sebald BehamDate: 1800-1899Reference: 33732i
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"We didn't know aught" : a study of sexuality, superstition and death in women's lives in Lincolnshire during the 1930s, '40s and '50s / Maureen Sutton ; [foreword by Morag McGill].
Sutton, Maureen, 1942-Date: 1992
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Chapel and tomb of the family of the Duke of Orleans, seen from the gardens. Lithograph by I-L. Deroy, 1842, after N.J. Kellin.
Kellin, Nicolas Joseph, 1789-1858.Date: [1842]Reference: 46824i
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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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The tomb of Mary Queen of Scots in Westminster Abbey: stone effigy and numerous heraldic sculptures. Engraving by C. Dubosc after H. Gravelot.
Hubert-François GravelotDate: [1743]Reference: 44479i
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The Imperial flotilla passing a large crowd of onlookers at a bridge in St. Germain in 1840. Lithograph by J. Arnout after V.J. Adam.
Victor AdamReference: 46716i
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Britannia as a patient who is in danger of death owing to disagreement between her three doctors over their competing remedies; representing the weakness of Britain during the replacement of Addington by Pitt as Prime Minister and the exclusion of Fox. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804.
James GillrayDate: 20 May 1804Reference: 12194i
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The Ars moriendi (editio princeps, circa 1450) : a reproduction of the copy in the British Museum / edited by W.H. Rylands ; with an introduction by George Bullen.
Date: 1881
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The whole duty of mourning : and the great concern of preparing our selves for death, practically considered / written some years since by the author of The whole duty of man, and now published upon the sad occasion of the death of our Most Gracious Sovereign Lady Mary the II, Queen of England, &c. of blessed memory.
Richard AllestreeDate: [1695]
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Facing death : 27-28 January, at the National Portrait Gallery : programme / Wellcome Trust.
Date: 2005

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A sermon preached at the funeral of ... Mr. Georg Ritschel, late minister of Hexham in Northumberland / by Mr. Major Algood ... ; with an elegie on his death.

The coffin of Princess Amelia. Coloured engraving.

The dying Sir Wycherly Wychecombe dictates his will. Engraving by J. Cook after J. Cawse, 1844.

On hearing the bells chime for a funeral, very late at night / W.L.

Death and existence : a conceptual history of human mortality / James P. Carse.

The Dormition of the Virgin Mary, surrounded by the apostles. Engraving by B. Eredi after C. Maratta.

An old woman dying with her hand held by her daughter; two men, with impaired limbs, pay their last respects. Colour stipple print by E. & M.A. Scott after T. Stothard.

Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

Reading birth and death : a history of obstetric thinking / Jo Murphy-Lawless.

The port of Marseille during the plague in 1720. Coloured etching after M. Serre.

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.

L'homme devant la mort / Philippe Ariès.

Christ on the way of the cross; the two Maries sorrow with the swooning Virgin. Engraving.

Pope Leo XIII on his deathbed. Pen and ink drawing by F. Gillett after A. Bianchini, 1903.

The Assumption of the Virgin. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after A. Carracci.

Three skulls are piled up to form a pyramidal composition on which a dead child partly lies. Heliogravure after S. Beham, 1529.

"We didn't know aught" : a study of sexuality, superstition and death in women's lives in Lincolnshire during the 1930s, '40s and '50s / Maureen Sutton ; [foreword by Morag McGill].

Chapel and tomb of the family of the Duke of Orleans, seen from the gardens. Lithograph by I-L. Deroy, 1842, after N.J. Kellin.

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

The tomb of Mary Queen of Scots in Westminster Abbey: stone effigy and numerous heraldic sculptures. Engraving by C. Dubosc after H. Gravelot.

The Imperial flotilla passing a large crowd of onlookers at a bridge in St. Germain in 1840. Lithograph by J. Arnout after V.J. Adam.

Britannia as a patient who is in danger of death owing to disagreement between her three doctors over their competing remedies; representing the weakness of Britain during the replacement of Addington by Pitt as Prime Minister and the exclusion of Fox. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804.

The Ars moriendi (editio princeps, circa 1450) : a reproduction of the copy in the British Museum / edited by W.H. Rylands ; with an introduction by George Bullen.

Facing death : 27-28 January, at the National Portrait Gallery : programme / Wellcome Trust.