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The church of Saint Charles Borromeo (Karlskirche) and the chapel of Saint Roch, Vienna. Engraving by J.A. Corvinus after S. Kleiner.
Kleiner, Salomon, 1700-1761.Reference: 22576i
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A distressed young woman leaning on a dilapidated wall in a graveyard. Etching with engraving.
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One of the seven Acts of Mercy: burying the dead. Line engraving by S. Bourdon after himself.
Bourdon, Sébastien, 1616-1671.Reference: 18133i
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The inside of a long house in a morai (place of burial) in Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, visited by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by E. Scott, 1784, after J. Webber.
Webber, John, 1751-1793.Date: [1784]Reference: 566643i
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El ciudadano José Maria Tornel, Gobernador del Distrito federal : Cuando las luces comenzaron á penetrar en España, sus reyes n pudieron resistir siempre el poder de la opinion y se les vió combatir algunas veces las preocupaciones mas arraigadas.
Mexico.Date: 1833]
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The grave of John Keats in the Protestant cemetery of Rome, Italy. Etching by J.L. Chapman, 1863.
Chapman, John Linton, 1839-1905.Date: 1863Reference: 561111i
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The Burial Acts : a complete compilation of the Acts of Parliament which have passed the legislature from 1852 to 1857, with an elaborate analysis of the whole. The regulations of the Home Office with regard to the management of burial grounds. A general description of the metropolitan cemeteries, the fees and charges for interments, and other useful, practical, and legal information. Explanatory notes and copious index / by Charles Greene.
Greene, Charles.Date: 1857
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A man injects drugs into his arm as he leans back with his eyes shut against a wall; a man sitting beside a grave clutching a photograph of a woman and child; a warning about the dangers of drug abuse and AIDS by Programa Compañeros. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
Date: [1995?]Reference: 678984i
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The burial of those who drowned in a river on the Scilly Isles. Wood engraving.
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A Japanese village in wooded country. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.
Floyd, William Pryor.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 30000i
Part of: Places in South China, Hong Kong, Macao and Japan. Photographs by William Pryor Floyd, ca. 1873.
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A man kneeling and praying at a tomb in a cemetery is joined by another gentleman. Line engraving by Taylor after J. Thurston.
Thurston, John, 1774-1822.Reference: 44396i
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Tree-stump tombstones : the influence of traditional cultural values on rustic funerary art in Indiana in the 1890s / Susanne S. Ridlen.
Ridlen, Susanne S., 1940-Date: [1992], ©1992
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Macao Island: the northern part of Macao City and Cemetery. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.
Floyd, William Pryor.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 29945i
Part of: Places in South China, Hong Kong, Macao and Japan. Photographs by William Pryor Floyd, ca. 1873.
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Crimean War: a guardian angel appearing to a widow mourning the death of her husband on the battlefield. Coloured aquatint by J. Harris, 1856, after O. Norie and W. Bullock Webster.
Webster, William Bullock.Date: 18 January 1856Reference: 21347i
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Beirut: veiled women in a burial ground. Coloured aquatint by J. Jeakes after D. Orme after F.B. Spilsbury, 1803.
Spilsbury, F. B. (Francis B.)Date: 4 June 1803Reference: 579260i
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Report to the General Board of Health on an inquiry as to the burial-grounds in the borough of Dorchester, and the outlying part of the parish of Fordington, in the county of Dorset / by Robert Rawlinson, Superintending Inspector.
Rawlinson, Robert, 1810-1898.Date: 1852
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God's acre beautiful, or, the cemeteries of the future / by W. Robinson.
Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935.Date: 1882
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Crowds of sick people gathered at the tomb of F. de Paris, St. Medard cemetery, in the hope of a miracle cure. Engraving.
Reference: 19999i
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Scutari: people in the Turkish burial ground; city in the background. Watercolour by M. O'Reilly, 1854.
O'Reilly, Montagu, R.N.Date: 1854Reference: 578915i
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The cemetery of Nagasaki. Wood engraving.
Reference: 44453i
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Great cemeteries of the world. Pt. 24, London - Kensal Green.
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Remarks on the dangers and duties of sepulture, or, Security for the living : with respect and repose for the dead / by a fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society.
Coffin, John G. (John Gorham), 1769-1829.Date: 1823
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Oversize ephemera. EPH+27.
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Die besessenen Frauen von Mira Datar Dargah : Heilen und Trance in Indien / Beatrix Pfleiderer ; unter Mitarbeit von Virchand Dharamsey.
Pfleiderer, Beatrix.Date: [1994], ©1994

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The church of Saint Charles Borromeo (Karlskirche) and the chapel of Saint Roch, Vienna. Engraving by J.A. Corvinus after S. Kleiner.

A distressed young woman leaning on a dilapidated wall in a graveyard. Etching with engraving.

One of the seven Acts of Mercy: burying the dead. Line engraving by S. Bourdon after himself.

The inside of a long house in a morai (place of burial) in Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, visited by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by E. Scott, 1784, after J. Webber.

El ciudadano José Maria Tornel, Gobernador del Distrito federal : Cuando las luces comenzaron á penetrar en España, sus reyes n pudieron resistir siempre el poder de la opinion y se les vió combatir algunas veces las preocupaciones mas arraigadas.

The grave of John Keats in the Protestant cemetery of Rome, Italy. Etching by J.L. Chapman, 1863.

A man injects drugs into his arm as he leans back with his eyes shut against a wall; a man sitting beside a grave clutching a photograph of a woman and child; a warning about the dangers of drug abuse and AIDS by Programa Compañeros. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

The burial of those who drowned in a river on the Scilly Isles. Wood engraving.

A Japanese village in wooded country. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

A man kneeling and praying at a tomb in a cemetery is joined by another gentleman. Line engraving by Taylor after J. Thurston.

Tree-stump tombstones : the influence of traditional cultural values on rustic funerary art in Indiana in the 1890s / Susanne S. Ridlen.

Macao Island: the northern part of Macao City and Cemetery. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Crimean War: a guardian angel appearing to a widow mourning the death of her husband on the battlefield. Coloured aquatint by J. Harris, 1856, after O. Norie and W. Bullock Webster.

Beirut: veiled women in a burial ground. Coloured aquatint by J. Jeakes after D. Orme after F.B. Spilsbury, 1803.

Report to the General Board of Health on an inquiry as to the burial-grounds in the borough of Dorchester, and the outlying part of the parish of Fordington, in the county of Dorset / by Robert Rawlinson, Superintending Inspector.

God's acre beautiful, or, the cemeteries of the future / by W. Robinson.

Crowds of sick people gathered at the tomb of F. de Paris, St. Medard cemetery, in the hope of a miracle cure. Engraving.

Scutari: people in the Turkish burial ground; city in the background. Watercolour by M. O'Reilly, 1854.

The cemetery of Nagasaki. Wood engraving.

The exhumer.

Great cemeteries of the world. Pt. 24, London - Kensal Green.

Remarks on the dangers and duties of sepulture, or, Security for the living : with respect and repose for the dead / by a fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society.

Oversize ephemera. EPH+27.

Die besessenen Frauen von Mira Datar Dargah : Heilen und Trance in Indien / Beatrix Pfleiderer ; unter Mitarbeit von Virchand Dharamsey.