The funeral of Mr. Peabody in Westminster Abbey in 1869. Wood engraving, 1869.

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20 November 1869
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44325i
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[London] : [publisher not identified], 20 November 1869.

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1 print : wood engraving

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Funeral of Mr. Peabody in Westminster Abbey, ... Further lettering on verso: It was the desire of Mr. Peabody, dying in London, that his remains should be conveyed to America, to be laid in the tomb which he had built in Danvers, and in which he had placed the body of his mother. But his executors, Sir Curtis Lampson and Mr. C. Reed, complied with the public wish to be a funeral service to be performed over his coffin in Westminster Abbey before its removal ...

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Wellcome Collection 44325i

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