The death of Cleopatra. Etching by or after A. Hirschvogel, 1547.

The burial of Atala outside her cave in the mountains. Stipple print with etching by J.P. Simon after J.B. Mallet.

Hester Tradescant. Line engraving, 1798.

Max Joseph von Pettenkofer. Wood engraving, 18--, after J. Kriehuber.

Doctors investigate a fake suicide. Colour process print by Bertin after J-A. Faivre, c. 1900.

Samuel Whitbread. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, c. 1815, with letterpress.

Alberto Santos-Dumont, aviator, with an airship attached to his head and a propeller strapped to his back. Colour lithograph after Geo. Hum., 1901.

Stoicism: above, the suicide of Seneca; middle, Zeno and Chrysippus; below, the suicides of Socrates and Cato. Engraving by W. Hole, ca. 1614.

Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (1734-1793) Lithograph by Henri-Joseph Hesse.

Edward Matthew Ward. Photograph by Mayall.

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<p>Pirquet and his wife killed themselves by cyanide poisoning</p>

Clemens Peter Pirquet, Freiherr von Cesenatico: unveiling of his tomb. Photograph, 1930.

<p>Historical painter and Royal Academician. "Ward was a large man, with black hair, reportedly rough in manner and appearance. On 10 January 1879 he was found raving on the floor of his dressing-room, his throat cut with a razor; he was shouting, 'I was mad when I did it; the devil prompted me' (The Times, 18 January 1879, p. 11). Medical help arrived, but he died on 15 January at his home, 3 Queens Villas, in Windsor. The inquest in Windsor on 17 January found that he killed himself while temporarily insane. Ward was buried at Upton Old Church on 21 January and the contents of his studio were sold at Christie's, London, on 29 March"--Oxford dictionary of national biography</p>

Vanity fair (London, England : 1868)

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; image and lettering 34 x 18.7 cm

Edward Matthew Ward. Colour lithograph by L. Ward (Spy), 1873.

1 print : wood engraving ; image and lettering 14 x 12 cm

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Edward Matthew Ward. Photograph by Mayall.

Clemens Peter Pirquet, Freiherr von Cesenatico: unveiling of his tomb. Photograph, 1930.

Edward Matthew Ward. Colour lithograph by L. Ward (Spy), 1873.

Hester Tradescant. Line engraving, 1798.

Max Joseph von Pettenkofer. Wood engraving, 18--, after J. Kriehuber.

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Edward Matthew Ward. Photograph by Mayall.

Clemens Peter Pirquet, Freiherr von Cesenatico: unveiling of his tomb. Photograph, 1930.

Edward Matthew Ward. Colour lithograph by L. Ward (Spy), 1873.

Hester Tradescant. Line engraving, 1798.

Max Joseph von Pettenkofer. Wood engraving, 18--, after J. Kriehuber.

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