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

Taku, China: the North Fort: Chinese corpses on the day of the fort's capture by the English and French armies during the Second China War. Photograph by Felice Beato, 1860.

A human skull reused as a banjo. Photograph, 19--.

Santa Maria della Concezione, Rome: skulls and skeletons of the friars arranged in arches and columns around the walls of the Convento dei Cappuccini. Photograph.

An elderly man after his death. Photograph, 1840/1855.

Skulls and skeletons of friars arranged columns around the walls of a chapel. Photograph.

Philippines: the dead body of a wealthy man displayed seated on a high chair after having been smoked for 24 days. Photograph, 19--.

Taku, China: the North Fort: Chinese corpses following the capture of the fort by the English and French armies on August 21st 1860, during the Second China War. Photograph by Felice Beato, 1860.

Shrunken heads displayed on vases and as hanging baskets. Photograph, ca. 1890 (?).

Tibet: a dead body being broken up with a hammer and knife for throwing to the birds. Photograph, 19--.

Taku, China: the North Fort bearing raised British and French flags; Chinese corpses in the foreground; on the day of the fort's capture by the English and French armies during the Second China War. Photograph by Felice Beato, 1860.

Tibet: a dead body being eaten by dogs. Photograph, 19--.

A dead man, wearing robes, lying on his deathbed. Photograph.

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Taku, China: the North Fort bearing raised British and French flags; Chinese corpses in the foreground; on the day of the fort's capture by the English and French armies during the Second China War. Photograph by Felice Beato, 1860.

Tibet: a dead body being eaten by dogs. Photograph, 19--.

Santa Maria della Concezione, Rome: skulls and skeletons of the friars arranged in arches and columns around the walls of the Convento dei Cappuccini. Photograph.

A dead man, wearing robes, lying on his deathbed. Photograph.

Philippines: the dead body of a wealthy man displayed seated on a high chair after having been smoked for 24 days. Photograph, 19--.