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A morai (place of burial) in Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, visited by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by D. Lerpinière after J. Webber, 1780/1785.
Webber, John, 1751-1793.Date: [1784]Reference: 566635i
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Jacob is taken to the cave in the field of Machpelah by a mournful procession; he wants to die in the spot bought by Abraham. Etching by L. du Guernier after L. Chéron.
Chéron, Louis, 1655-1725.Reference: 18340i
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A man and a boy contemplating gravestones in a cemetery. Line engraving by J.M. Delattre after J.H. Ramberg.
Ramberg, Johann Heinrich, 1763-1840.Reference: 44395i
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Bodysnatchers in a church cemetery disturbed by the braying of an ass. Mezzotint, 1771.
Date: 2 May 1771Reference: 25643i
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Grave of Alphonse Bertillon. Photograph.
Reference: 561871i
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Three young children visiting their mother's grave in a cemetery. Line engraving with etching by E.F. Finden after R. Westall.
Westall, Richard, 1765-1836.Reference: 44408i
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Report to the board of police of Glasgow, by the medical officer and the master of works, on intramural burying grounds.
Gairdner, W. T. (William Tennant), Sir, 1824-1907.Date: 1870
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On the laying out, planting, and managing of cemeteries; and on the improvement of churchyards. With sixty engravings / by J. C. Loudon.
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843.Date: 1843
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India: the tombstone of Brigadier General Nicholson in a cemetery near Delhi. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
Beato, Felice, 1832-1909.Reference: 33473i
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World War One: a lone man digs in a dilapidated graveyard. Colour chalk drawing with pencil, c. 1914.
Date: 1914Reference: 24589i
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Franco-Prussian War: peasants going to bury the dead from the Battle of Worth. Wood engraving.
Reference: 21785i
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Hong Kong: the Parsee Cemetery, Happy Valley. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.
Floyd, William Pryor.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 29704i
Part of: Places in South China, Hong Kong, Macao and Japan. Photographs by William Pryor Floyd, ca. 1873.
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Romano-British cemeteries at Cirencester / by Alan McWhirr, Linda Viner, and Calvin Wells ; with contributions from Dorothy Charlesworth [and others] ; and illustrations by Nick Griffiths.
McWhirr, Alan.Date: 1982
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Livor mortis zine : party hits. Vol. 2.
Ruttley, StephenDate: 2018
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Holy Trinity Church and graveyard, Cambridge. Line engraving by H. Le Keux, 1824, after J.P. Neale.
Neale, John Preston, 1771?-1847.Date: 1 July 1824Reference: 16193i
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Report to the General Board of Health on the state of the burial grounds in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme / by William Lee, Superintending Inspector.
Lee, William, 1774 or 1775-1853.Date: 1851
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Les morts, l'Église et l'État : recherches d'histoire administrative sur la sépulture et les cimetières dans le ressort du parlement de Paris aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles / Jacqueline Thibaut-Payen ; préf. de Jean Imbert.
Thibaut-Payen, Jacqueline.Date: [1977], ©1977
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Intramural interments in populous cities, and their influence upon health and epidemics / by John H. Rauch.
Rauch, John H. (John Henry), 1828-1894.Date: 1866
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Ancient cemetery at Petra. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
Roberts, David, 1796-1864.Date: [1849]Reference: 35950i
Part of: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia
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Regensburg (Ratisbon), Bavaria, Germany: bird's eye view of the town with an ornamental frame showing scenes from the plague. Etching by J.A. Fridrich with printed text.
Fridrich, Jacob Andreas, 1684-1751.Date: 1714Reference: 22405i
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John Evelyn's monument in a church in Wotton, Surrey. Pencil drawing.
Reference: 55546i
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Two men in a graveyard, one of them pointing to an ornate stone tomb, possibly to indicate the whereabouts of a third man to the second one. Etching attributed to J.W. Meil, 17--.
Meil, Johann Wilhelm, 1733-1805.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 47559i
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Two illustrations: the bodies of two children lying together in the Armenian cemetery awaiting burial, reproduction after Meisenbach and the bodies of two women killed by Turkish soldiers over whom a woman grieves. Wood-engraving after a photograph, ca. 1915.
Date: 1915Reference: 586420i
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Researches upon the necropolis of New Orleans, with brief allusions to its vital arithmetic / by Bennet Dowler.
Dowler, Bennet, 1797-1879.Date: 1850
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Discurso sobre el panteon que está construyendo en el convento grande de San Francisco de esta capital : El R. P. guardian Fray Antonio Diaz. / Por el D. D. Hipólito Unanue.
Unanue, José Hipólito, 1755-1833.Date: Año de MDCCCIII. [1803]

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A morai (place of burial) in Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, visited by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by D. Lerpinière after J. Webber, 1780/1785.

Jacob is taken to the cave in the field of Machpelah by a mournful procession; he wants to die in the spot bought by Abraham. Etching by L. du Guernier after L. Chéron.

A man and a boy contemplating gravestones in a cemetery. Line engraving by J.M. Delattre after J.H. Ramberg.

Bodysnatchers in a church cemetery disturbed by the braying of an ass. Mezzotint, 1771.

Grave of Alphonse Bertillon. Photograph.

Three young children visiting their mother's grave in a cemetery. Line engraving with etching by E.F. Finden after R. Westall.

Report to the board of police of Glasgow, by the medical officer and the master of works, on intramural burying grounds.

On the laying out, planting, and managing of cemeteries; and on the improvement of churchyards. With sixty engravings / by J. C. Loudon.

India: the tombstone of Brigadier General Nicholson in a cemetery near Delhi. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.

World War One: a lone man digs in a dilapidated graveyard. Colour chalk drawing with pencil, c. 1914.

Franco-Prussian War: peasants going to bury the dead from the Battle of Worth. Wood engraving.

Hong Kong: the Parsee Cemetery, Happy Valley. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Romano-British cemeteries at Cirencester / by Alan McWhirr, Linda Viner, and Calvin Wells ; with contributions from Dorothy Charlesworth [and others] ; and illustrations by Nick Griffiths.

Livor mortis zine : party hits. Vol. 2.

Holy Trinity Church and graveyard, Cambridge. Line engraving by H. Le Keux, 1824, after J.P. Neale.

Report to the General Board of Health on the state of the burial grounds in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme / by William Lee, Superintending Inspector.

Les morts, l'Église et l'État : recherches d'histoire administrative sur la sépulture et les cimetières dans le ressort du parlement de Paris aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles / Jacqueline Thibaut-Payen ; préf. de Jean Imbert.

Intramural interments in populous cities, and their influence upon health and epidemics / by John H. Rauch.

Ancient cemetery at Petra. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

Regensburg (Ratisbon), Bavaria, Germany: bird's eye view of the town with an ornamental frame showing scenes from the plague. Etching by J.A. Fridrich with printed text.

John Evelyn's monument in a church in Wotton, Surrey. Pencil drawing.

Two men in a graveyard, one of them pointing to an ornate stone tomb, possibly to indicate the whereabouts of a third man to the second one. Etching attributed to J.W. Meil, 17--.

Two illustrations: the bodies of two children lying together in the Armenian cemetery awaiting burial, reproduction after Meisenbach and the bodies of two women killed by Turkish soldiers over whom a woman grieves. Wood-engraving after a photograph, ca. 1915.

Researches upon the necropolis of New Orleans, with brief allusions to its vital arithmetic / by Bennet Dowler.

Discurso sobre el panteon que está construyendo en el convento grande de San Francisco de esta capital : El R. P. guardian Fray Antonio Diaz. / Por el D. D. Hipólito Unanue.