Saint Cecilia: she enables the bodies of Christian martyrs to be buried. Engraving by G. Fabbri after D.M. Fratta after G. Cavedone.

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.

Boer War: the grave of men of the Naval Brigade who were killed in the battle of Graspan. Halftone, c. 1899, after H. E. Miles.

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

Report to Her Majesty's principal secretary of state for the Home Department from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an inquiry into the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Great Britain; with appendices. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, July, 1842 / [by Edwin Chadwick].

Burying the dead during the plague of 1665. Etching by C. Grignion after S. Wale.

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

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

The funeral of Mrs Susannah Wesley at Bunhill Fields, the Methodist cemetery: a key to the identities of the mourners. Etching.

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An essay in English on burial, and the rights and fees of parsons in connection therewith. Followed by short notes on the study of Jurisprudence, written by different, but contemporary hands. The date 1627 occurs on leaf 19.

1 volume 29 ll. + 10 ll. folio. 31 x 20 cm. Unbound. The first 10 leaves are of smaller format (281/2 x 17 cm.).

De sepultura

Bible. N.T. Matthew 27.57-60; Mark 15.46; Luke 23.53. John 19.38-42. The two criminals are sometimes portrayed crucified differently to Christ; here however only one hangs by his armpits; the other is crucified as Christ would have been. On the ground the Virgin laments over the body with four others. Mary Magdalene cradles its feet. Behind them men on horseback move towards the city. At the left of the picture, four old men, perhaps Jewish elders, survey the scene

1 print : chiaroscuro woodcut ; image 34.8 x 27.4 cm

Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

Genesis 49-50. On Abraham's long negotiations in buying the burial ground, see Genesis 23

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.

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.

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

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De sepultura

Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

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.

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

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

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De sepultura

Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

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.

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

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

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