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Sepulchral monuments

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  • A manual for the study of the sepulchral slabs and crosses of the Middle Ages / By the Rev. Edward L. Cutts, B. A.
  • William Hawes: memorial tablet. Line engraving by J. Basire.
  • 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.
  • A manual for the study of the sepulchral slabs and crosses of the Middle Ages / By the Rev. Edward L. Cutts, B. A.
  • The resurrected Christ rises over terrified soldiers. Engraving after A. Dürer, 1512.
  • Boer War: the grave of those killed at Bronkhuis Spruit, with men standing round. Line engraving, c. 1901.
  • 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.
  • Church of St. Ignatius, Jesuit Pharmacy Hospital College, Rome: with a Benedictine convent and St. Mauro's monument. Line engraving after O. Grassi.
  • 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.
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Works

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    Das Basler Arztrelief : Studien zum griechischen Grabund Votivrelief um 500 v. Chr. und zur vorhippokratischen Medizin / (Robert Käppeli, dem ersten Präsidenten des Basler Antikenmuseums, zum 70. Geburtstag am 21. Juli 1970.).

    Berger, Ernst, 1928-2006 | Date: (1970)
  • view Grave of Alphonse Bertillon. Photograph.
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    Grave of Alphonse Bertillon. Photograph.

    | Reference: 561871i
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    Castel Sant'Angelo (mausoleum of Hadrian), Rome: as seen from the river. Line engraving by F. Morelli, 1796.

    Morel, François, approximately 1768- | Date: 1796 | Reference: 22566i
  • view India: the tombstone of Brigadier General Nicholson in a cemetery near Delhi. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
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    India: the tombstone of Brigadier General Nicholson in a cemetery near Delhi. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.

    Beato, Felice, approximately 1825- | Reference: 33473i
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    World War One: a lone man digs in a dilapidated graveyard. Colour chalk drawing with pencil, c. 1914.

    | Date: 1914 | Reference: 24589i
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