Jesus Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1510.

Christ is laid into a tomb. Lithograph by M. Fanoli after E.R. Wehnert, 1849.

People decorating the graves of their relatives in a cemetery in Italy for the celebration of All Souls. Gouache painting by Reginald Cleaver.

The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Engraving by S. Scafa.

The resurrected Christ rises over terrified soldiers. Engraving after A. Dürer, 1512.

Crimean War: Florence Nightingale and Mr Bracebridge at Cathcart's Hill burial ground. Tinted lithograph after W. Simpson.

Crimean War, Cathcart Hill: burial ground. Process print.

Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Etching by G.B. Castiglione.

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.

Christ's body is carried to its tomb. Etching after Raphael, 1506-7.

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One of the apostles is retrieving roses from the empty tomb

1 print : etching ; border 50.8 x 33.7 cm

The Assumption of the Virgin. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after A. Carracci.

The tomb of Mary Queen of Scots in Westminster Abbey: stone effigy and numerous heraldic sculptures. Engraving by C. Dubosc after H. Gravelot.

The tomb is in the churchyard of St Nicholas of Myra at Worth Matravers, Dorset. Benjamin Jesty's epitaph states that he was "particularly noted for having been the first person (known) that introduced the cowpox by inoculation, and who from his great strength of mind made the experiment from the (Cow) on his wife and two sons in the year 1774"

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 6.2 x 8.8 cm

Tomb of Benjamin Jesty. Photograph, 19--.

Bible. N.T. Matthew 27.57-60; Mark 15.46; Luke 23.53. John 19.38-42. Joseph of Arimathaea is the Hebraic figure bearing Christ on the left. Mary Magdalene holds Christ's hand; Nicodemus holds his feet. The figure in the top centre may be John the Evangelist. No figure is readily identifiable as the Virgin, though there are three women

1 print : lithograph ; image 33.1 x 44.1 cm

Eighteenth Century collections online

An account of the discovery of the body of King John, in the cathedral church of Worcester, July 17th, 1797, from Authentic Communications; with illustrations and remarks by Valentine Green, F. S. A. Author of the history and antiquities of the city and suburbs of Worcester.

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The Assumption of the Virgin. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after A. Carracci.

The tomb of Mary Queen of Scots in Westminster Abbey: stone effigy and numerous heraldic sculptures. Engraving by C. Dubosc after H. Gravelot.

Tomb of Benjamin Jesty. Photograph, 19--.

Christ is laid into a tomb. Lithograph by M. Fanoli after E.R. Wehnert, 1849.

An account of the discovery of the body of King John, in the cathedral church of Worcester, July 17th, 1797, from Authentic Communications; with illustrations and remarks by Valentine Green, F. S. A. Author of the history and antiquities of the city and suburbs of Worcester.

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Tombs

Images

Works

The Assumption of the Virgin. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after A. Carracci.

The tomb of Mary Queen of Scots in Westminster Abbey: stone effigy and numerous heraldic sculptures. Engraving by C. Dubosc after H. Gravelot.

Tomb of Benjamin Jesty. Photograph, 19--.

Christ is laid into a tomb. Lithograph by M. Fanoli after E.R. Wehnert, 1849.

An account of the discovery of the body of King John, in the cathedral church of Worcester, July 17th, 1797, from Authentic Communications; with illustrations and remarks by Valentine Green, F. S. A. Author of the history and antiquities of the city and suburbs of Worcester.

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