The funeral of Pope Pius IX, on 13 February 1878, in St. Peter's, Rome. Process print.

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30207i
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The coffin is hoisted up in order to be placed in a temporary repository in a wall above a door, where it remains until the pope's suceessor dies

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1 print : process print ; image 17.9 x 23 cm

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Fig. 46 - Funeral of his late Holiness Pope Pius IX., Feb. 13, 1878. The lowering of the body into St. Peter's.

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Wellcome Collection 30207i

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Reproduction of a wood engraving published in The graphic, 23 February 1878, p. 196 (description on p. 199)

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