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Tombs

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Images

  • 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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Works

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

    Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609 | Reference: 21594i
  • view The tomb of Mary Queen of Scots in Westminster Abbey: stone effigy and numerous heraldic sculptures. Engraving by C. Dubosc after H. Gravelot.
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    The tomb of Mary Queen of Scots in Westminster Abbey: stone effigy and numerous heraldic sculptures. Engraving by C. Dubosc after H. Gravelot.

    Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773 | Date: [1743] | Reference: 44479i
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    Tomb of Benjamin Jesty. Photograph, 19--.

    | Date: [between 1900 and 1999] | Reference: 664273i
  • view Christ is laid into a tomb. Lithograph by M. Fanoli after E.R. Wehnert, 1849.
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    Christ is laid into a tomb. Lithograph by M. Fanoli after E.R. Wehnert, 1849.

    Wehnert, Edward Henry, 1813-1868 | Date: 1 June 1849 | Reference: 23239i
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    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.

    Green, Valentine, 1739-1813. | Date: 1797
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