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Tomb effigies of William Bradbrige, his wife Alice, and their fourteen children. Engraving.
Reference: 46842i
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Notae ferales : a few words on the modern system of interment, its evils and their remedy / by Charon.
Charon.Date: 1851
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Earth to earth : a plea for a change of system in our burial of the dead / by Francis Seymour Haden.
Haden, Francis Seymour, 1818-1910.Date: [1875?]
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A letter to John Abernethy, Esq : written in consequence of a paragraph which appeared in most of the London papers, stating his having addressed : "A letter to the Secretary of State, on the necessity of repealing the late act of parliament which subjects resurrection men (as they are called) to severe punishment for violating the sanctuary of the tomb" / by Humanus.
Date: 1823
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Miscellany: French language material, 19th-20th centuries
Date: 1801-1930Reference: MS.7317
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Men burying the bodies of plague victims in a pit. Engraving by S. Davenport, 1835, after G. Cruikshank.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1 July 1835Reference: 6921i
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The Assumption of the Virgin. Engraving by G. Frezza, 1728, after C. Maratta, 1707.
Maratti, Carlo, 1625-1713.Date: An. 1728Reference: 21596i
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Christ's body is carried to its tomb. Etching after Raphael, 1506-7.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Reference: 23221i
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Report of the Improvement Committee of the Hon. the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London, on city burial-places : with the report of the Medical Officer of Health thereupon.
City of London (England). Commissioners of Sewers. Improvement Committee.Date: 1852
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Christ's body is carried to its tomb; lamenting followers stand watching. Line engraving by C.J. Visscher after A. Dürer.
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.Reference: 23220i
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The apostles watch the Assumption of the Virgin. Etching by S. Pacini after A.D. Gabbiani.
Gabbiani, Anton Domenico, 1652-1726.Reference: 21275i
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The resurrected Christ rises over terrified soldiers. Engraving after A. Dürer, 1512.
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.Date: 1512Reference: 23547i
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Christ, praying in the light, raises Lazarus from his tomb. Etching after J. Lievens, 1631.
Lievens, Jan, 1607-1674.Date: 1631Reference: 23794i
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M0011816: Reproduction of a photograph of an open grave in a mesolithic cemetary in Téviec and Hoëdic (Morhihan)
Date: April 1951Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/105/18
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Monks lamenting the death of a man layed out in a coffin before them in a church. Coloured aquatint.
Reference: 44247i
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An old grave.
Date: 1888
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A funeral procession carrying the corpse of an unmarried girl layed out on a bier through a village. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and G. Dura after G. Dura, 1851.
Dura, Gaetano.Date: 1851Reference: 44238i
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Franco-Prussian War: burying the dead at Champigmy. Etching by A. Lançon, 1871.
Lançon, Auguste André, 1836-1887.Date: 1871Reference: 21947i
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M0005690: Albanian anthropomorphic grave cross with saw and crescent at ends of cross arms
Date: 23 September 1938Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/46/100
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Crimean War: ruins of the British soldier's graveyard. Wood engraving by R.C.H?.
Reference: 21418i
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The resurrected Christ appears before terrified soldiers. Etching by B. Bartoccini after F. Overbeck, 1848.
Overbeck, Johann Friedrich, 1789-1869.Date: 1848Reference: 23591i
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Saint Cecilia: she enables the bodies of Christian martyrs to be buried. Engraving by G. Fabbri after D.M. Fratta after G. Cavedone.
Cavedone, Giacomo, 1577-1660.Date: 1776Reference: 4627i
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Seasonable considerations on the indecent and dangerous custom of burying in churches and church-yards. With remarkable observations historical and philosophical ... Proving, that the custom is not only contrary to the practice of the ancients, but fatal, in case of infection / [Anon].
Lewis, Thomas, 1689-1749?Date: 1721
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A serious peril to health.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899]
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Members of different brotherhoods carrying a coffin during a procession. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and G. Dura after G. Dura, 1834.
Dura, Gaetano.Date: 1834Reference: 44239i

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Tomb effigies of William Bradbrige, his wife Alice, and their fourteen children. Engraving.

Notae ferales : a few words on the modern system of interment, its evils and their remedy / by Charon.

Earth to earth : a plea for a change of system in our burial of the dead / by Francis Seymour Haden.

Miscellany: French language material, 19th-20th centuries

Men burying the bodies of plague victims in a pit. Engraving by S. Davenport, 1835, after G. Cruikshank.

The Assumption of the Virgin. Engraving by G. Frezza, 1728, after C. Maratta, 1707.

Christ's body is carried to its tomb. Etching after Raphael, 1506-7.

Report of the Improvement Committee of the Hon. the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London, on city burial-places : with the report of the Medical Officer of Health thereupon.

Christ's body is carried to its tomb; lamenting followers stand watching. Line engraving by C.J. Visscher after A. Dürer.

The apostles watch the Assumption of the Virgin. Etching by S. Pacini after A.D. Gabbiani.

The resurrected Christ rises over terrified soldiers. Engraving after A. Dürer, 1512.

Christ, praying in the light, raises Lazarus from his tomb. Etching after J. Lievens, 1631.

M0011816: Reproduction of a photograph of an open grave in a mesolithic cemetary in Téviec and Hoëdic (Morhihan)

Monks lamenting the death of a man layed out in a coffin before them in a church. Coloured aquatint.

An old grave.

A funeral procession carrying the corpse of an unmarried girl layed out on a bier through a village. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and G. Dura after G. Dura, 1851.

Franco-Prussian War: burying the dead at Champigmy. Etching by A. Lançon, 1871.

M0005690: Albanian anthropomorphic grave cross with saw and crescent at ends of cross arms

Crimean War: ruins of the British soldier's graveyard. Wood engraving by R.C.H?.

The resurrected Christ appears before terrified soldiers. Etching by B. Bartoccini after F. Overbeck, 1848.

Saint Cecilia: she enables the bodies of Christian martyrs to be buried. Engraving by G. Fabbri after D.M. Fratta after G. Cavedone.

Seasonable considerations on the indecent and dangerous custom of burying in churches and church-yards. With remarkable observations historical and philosophical ... Proving, that the custom is not only contrary to the practice of the ancients, but fatal, in case of infection / [Anon].

A serious peril to health.

Members of different brotherhoods carrying a coffin during a procession. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and G. Dura after G. Dura, 1834.