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The burial of Adam: Adam is wrapped in linen sheets and lowered into the grave while a large crowd of mourners is looking on. Engraving by Jan Sadeler after M. de Vos.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Date: [between 1580 and 1589?]Reference: 44295i
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Calcutta, West Bengal: a man about to scatter material from a bowl on a dead body lying on a funeral pyre, watched by women. Photograph.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 664499i
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William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, lying in state. Etching, 1778.
Date: 1778Reference: 44315i
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Funeral procession of a queen passing through Hammersmith in London. Etching with engraving by C. Canton after R. Banks.
Banks, R.Reference: 44318i
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Recherches historiques et critiques sur la morgue / par Firmin Maillard.
Maillard, Firmin, 1833-1901.Date: 1860
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Writing on death / edited by Ru Callender.
Date: 2012
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LOL dying stuff : a zine about planning for end-of-life / by Mick Moran.
Moran, MickDate: [2023?]
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The depositing of the remains of General Picton in the vault at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Wood engraving, ca. 1859.
Date: 1859Reference: 44323i
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The funeral procession of the Duke of Wellington passing the Horse Guards in London in 1852. Lithograph by A. Maclure.
Maclure, A.Date: 1852Reference: 46827i
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The body of the Duke of Wellington lying in state in Chelsea Hospital, London, in 1852. Lithograph by A. Maclure.
Maclure, A.Date: [1852]Reference: 47013i
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The funeral procession of Philip V in Nôtre Dame in Paris in 1746. Etching by C.N. Cochin the younger, 1748.
Date: [1748]Reference: 42686i
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The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: a large crowd outside the wall with constables struggling to keep order. Wood engraving.
Date: 1852Reference: 20758i
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A burning ghat in Calcutta: a family preparing a body for cremation on a pile of logs.
Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 549142i
Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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The funeral procession of Tom and Jerry, the mourners including gamblers, pugilists and down-and-outs. Coloured aquatint by G. Cruikshank, 1823.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: [1823]Reference: 44321i
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M0005256: Mummified remains of eight Igorot people, Philippines
Date: 17 November 1937Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/42/87
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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A procession of publicans and a beggar following the coffin of Madam Geneva; attacking the Act preventing distillers from retailing or selling gin on unlicensed premises. Copper engraving plate, 1751.
Date: 1751Reference: 578558i
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The catafalque erected for the funeral service of King Victor Emmmanuel, in the Pantheon, Rome, in 1878. Wood engraving.
Reference: 44332i
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A funeral in India(?) of a plague victim. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
Tarter, Albert Lloyd, 1913-1988.Date: [between 1940 and 1949?]Reference: 10483i
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Calcutta, West Bengal: young men placing the dead body of a man on a funeral pyre. Photograph.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999?]Reference: 664506i
Part of: Hindu cremation in Calcutta
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The Fosse Commune in the cemetery of Père La Chaise claiming their dead. Wood engraving.
Reference: 44331i
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Crimean War, Balaklava: graves at the harbour. Coloured lithograph by C. Haghe, 1855, after W. Simpson.
Simpson, William, 1823-1899.Date: 13 March 1855Reference: 21449i
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Skulls and bones of friars, looking towards the altar of a chapel. Photograph.
Date: [1900?]Reference: 664124i
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Boer War: the funeral procession for a military nurse, with soldiers pulling the funeral cart. Halftone, c. 1900, after W. S. Gillard.
Gillard, W. S., active 1900.Date: 1900Reference: 23697i
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Tibet: the dead body of a young woman being skinned by two people. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [1900?]Reference: 663971i
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The danger of premature interment, : proved from many remarkable instances of people who have recovered after being laid out for dead, and of others entombed alive, for want of being properly examined prior to interment. Also a description of the manner the ancient Egyptians, and other nations, preserved and venerated their dead, and a curious account of their sepulchral ever burning lamps and mausoleums. ... Selected from historical records. / By Joseph Taylor.
Taylor, Joseph, 1761 or 1762-1844Date: 1816

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The burial of Adam: Adam is wrapped in linen sheets and lowered into the grave while a large crowd of mourners is looking on. Engraving by Jan Sadeler after M. de Vos.

Calcutta, West Bengal: a man about to scatter material from a bowl on a dead body lying on a funeral pyre, watched by women. Photograph.

William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, lying in state. Etching, 1778.

Funeral procession of a queen passing through Hammersmith in London. Etching with engraving by C. Canton after R. Banks.

Recherches historiques et critiques sur la morgue / par Firmin Maillard.

Writing on death / edited by Ru Callender.

LOL dying stuff : a zine about planning for end-of-life / by Mick Moran.

The depositing of the remains of General Picton in the vault at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Wood engraving, ca. 1859.

The funeral procession of the Duke of Wellington passing the Horse Guards in London in 1852. Lithograph by A. Maclure.

The body of the Duke of Wellington lying in state in Chelsea Hospital, London, in 1852. Lithograph by A. Maclure.

The funeral procession of Philip V in Nôtre Dame in Paris in 1746. Etching by C.N. Cochin the younger, 1748.

The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: a large crowd outside the wall with constables struggling to keep order. Wood engraving.

A burning ghat in Calcutta: a family preparing a body for cremation on a pile of logs.

The funeral procession of Tom and Jerry, the mourners including gamblers, pugilists and down-and-outs. Coloured aquatint by G. Cruikshank, 1823.

M0005256: Mummified remains of eight Igorot people, Philippines

A procession of publicans and a beggar following the coffin of Madam Geneva; attacking the Act preventing distillers from retailing or selling gin on unlicensed premises. Copper engraving plate, 1751.

The catafalque erected for the funeral service of King Victor Emmmanuel, in the Pantheon, Rome, in 1878. Wood engraving.

A funeral in India(?) of a plague victim. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.

Calcutta, West Bengal: young men placing the dead body of a man on a funeral pyre. Photograph.

The Fosse Commune in the cemetery of Père La Chaise claiming their dead. Wood engraving.

Crimean War, Balaklava: graves at the harbour. Coloured lithograph by C. Haghe, 1855, after W. Simpson.

Skulls and bones of friars, looking towards the altar of a chapel. Photograph.

Boer War: the funeral procession for a military nurse, with soldiers pulling the funeral cart. Halftone, c. 1900, after W. S. Gillard.

Tibet: the dead body of a young woman being skinned by two people. Photograph, 19--.