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  • Kings examine the skeleton of King Croesus; allegory of vanity in the face of death. Etching by A. Allard.
  • Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Etching by R.W. Sievier, 1830, after S. del Piombo.
  • The crypt of Bow church, containing coffins of London fever victims. Wood engraving by Laing after J. Brown.
  • Three scenes: a woman undergoing a trial for adultery, a Jewish burial and circumcision ceremony. Etching after a woodcut, 1682.
  • Members of different brotherhoods carrying a coffin during a procession. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and G. Dura after G. Dura.
  • Crimean War, Cathcart Hill: graves in the fort. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker after W. Simpson.
  • The grave of Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Franklin in Philadelphia. Wood engraving.
  • Mourners attending a burial where the coffin is about to be lowered into the ground. Stipple engraving by N. Schiavonetti after R. Westall, 1812.
  • Christ's body is carried to its tomb; Mary faints in grief. Chiaroscuro woodcut by A. Andreani, 1585, after R. Motta da Reggio.
  • Members of different brotherhoods carrying a coffin during a procession. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and G. Dura after G. Dura.
  • Boer War: rows of graves of enteric patients at Intombi, Ladysmith. Halftone, c. 1900, after a photograph.
  • ... The burial customs of ancient Egypt as illustrated by tombs of the Middle Kingdom : being a report of excavations made in the necropolis of Beni Hassan during 1902-3-4 / by John Garstang; with coloured frontispiece by Mr. G. Hall Neale, 15 plates, and 231 photographic illustrations in the text.
  • Premature burial and how it may be prevented : with special reference to trance, catalepsy, and other forms of suspended animation / by William Tebb ... and Col. Edward Perry Vollum.
  • Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Etching by G. Zompini, 1758, after G.B. Castiglione.
  • Boer War: a cairn to the memory of Colonel Dick Cunyngham, V. C., at Ladysmith. Halftone, c. 1900, after a photograph by J. Wallace Bradley.
  • The assumption of Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Annibale Carracci.
  • A young nun digging a grave while another nun sits nearby. Process print after J.E. Millais, 1858-1859.
  • A funeral in a cemetery: a gentleman leads a distressed young lady to her coach. Stipple engraving.
  • Crimean War, Scutari: hospital and cemetery. Coloured lithograph by J. Needham, 1856, after W. Simpson.
  • Burying the victims of the plague in 1665. Etching after S. Wale.
  • Two men burying the dead as part of the seven works of corporeal charity. Line engraving with etching by H. Nüsser after J. Kehren.
  • The coffin plates of the Rebel Lords who were executed on Tower Hill in 1746 and 1747. Etching with engraving by W. Wise after R.B. Schnebbelie, 1816.
  • The church of Saint Peter-in-the-East, Oxford: section of the chancel and plan of the crypt. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1835, after G. Gwilt, 1818.
  • Three scenes: a woman undergoing a trial for adultery, a Jewish burial and circumcision ceremony. Etching after a woodcut, 1682.
  • Auxerre, France: tomb of Paul Bert, covered with wreaths of flowers. Photograph.
  • The funeral of Abraham. Engraving by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.
  • Crimean War: cemetry on the fort at Cathcart's Hill. Coloured lithograph by C. Haghe, 1855, after W. Simpson.
  • India: the tombstone of Brigadier General Nicholson in a cemetery near Delhi. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • A scene showing alms-giving of food, water, clothes and money; in the midst of this Charity is seen with a Pelican on her head holding a Sacred Heart. Line engraving by H. Cock after P. Bruegel, 1559.
  • Crimean War: quarantine cemetery and church with a French battery. Tinted lithograph by J. Needham, 1856, after W. Simpson.