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Death, Apparent

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  • Jesus Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1510.
  • Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Etching by A. Tardieu after Guilbaut.
  • Observations on apparent death from drowning, hanging, suffocation, etc, &c. and an account of the means to be employed for recovery. To which are added the treatment proper in cases of poison, with cautions and suggestions respecting various circumstances of sudden danger / [James Curry].
  • Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Etching by G.B. Castiglione.
  • Christ sits at the bedside of Jairus's sickening daughter. Etching after G.C. von. Max.
  • A man supposed to be dead arising from his coffin and surprising his wife (?). Coloured aquatint, 1805, after a drawing by Henry Wigstead, 1784.
  • Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by W.H. Mote, 1846, after J. Franklin after J.F. Overbeck.
  • Christ raises Jairus' daughter. Etching after C. de Lafosse.
  • Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb; weapons hang from above. Engraving by J. Thomson, 1846, after J. Franklin after Rembrandt.
  • Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Engraving.
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Works

  • view The Dormition of the Virgin Mary, surrounded by the apostles. Engraving by B. Eredi after C. Maratta.
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    The Dormition of the Virgin Mary, surrounded by the apostles. Engraving by B. Eredi after C. Maratta.

    Maratti, Carlo, 1625-1713 | Reference: 21253i
  • view Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Barlow.
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    Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Barlow.

    | Reference: 23716i
  • view Christ raises Jairus' daughter. Engraving.
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    Christ raises Jairus' daughter. Engraving.

    | Reference: 23887i
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    The institution of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: with the rules for regulating said Society, and the methods of treatment to be used with persons apparently dead; with a number of recent cases proving the happy effects therof.

    Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts | Date: 1788
  • view Mary enters her Dormition holding a candle, surrounded by the apostles. Engraving.
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    Mary enters her Dormition holding a candle, surrounded by the apostles. Engraving.

    | Reference: 21251i
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