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  • Four men carrying a dead man on a wooden stretcher for his cremation, watched by grieving women. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • The ceremonies and religious customs of the various nations of the known world. Together with historical annotations, and several curious discourses... / Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates ... designed by Mr. Bernard Picart ... Faithfully translated into English, by a gentleman some time since of St. John's College in Oxford.
  • A large funeral procession following a bier with a corpse into a church. Etching with engraving by Jakob van der Schley, 1735.
  • Anselmus Franciscus (1635-1695), archiepiscopal of Aschaffenburg, on his bier, dressed in his habit and surrounded by his regalia. Line engraving with etching.
  • The ceremonies and religious customs of the various nations of the known world. Together with historical annotations, and several curious discourses... / Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates ... designed by Mr. Bernard Picart ... Faithfully translated into English, by a gentleman some time since of St. John's College in Oxford.
  • Bombay (Mumbai): a Parsee (Parsi) "Tower of silence" where the bodies of the dead are exposed to vultures. Photograph.
  • Schucha, Caucasus: a funeral procession of men holding swords. Wood engraving, ca. 1870.
  • A funeral procession following a coffin, laid out on a bier, into a church. Etching by B. Picart, 1724.
  • The funeral procession of the Duke of Wellington passing Apsley House in London in 1852. Lithograph by A. Maclure.
  • A Chinese funeral scene: male and female mourners are shown kneeling beside the body of an old man, who lies on a table. Gouache on rice paper, China, 1800/1900.
  • The funeral procession of the Duke of Wellington passing Trafalgar Square in London in 1852. Lithograph by A. Maclure.
  • A corpse is dressed in grave clothes and layed out for mourners to visit. Etching with engraving.
  • The funeral procession of the Duke of Wellington arriving at St. Paul's Cathedral in London in 1852. Lithograph by A. Maclure.
  • The funeral of the Duke of Wellington in St. Paul's Cathedral in London in 1852. Lithograph by A. Maclure.
  • A funeral procession in China: the cadaver is carried in a palanquin. Engraving by J.B.M. Poisson after P. (?) Sonnerat.
  • The funeral procession of the Duke of Wellington passing the Horse Guards in London in 1852. Lithograph by A. Maclure.
  • A Lutheran funeral in the city of Augsburg. Engraving by B. Picart, 1732, after Catherine Sperling.
  • Four Muslims carrying a coffin for burial at the mosque preceded by two men reading from a holy book. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • A priest administering the Eucharist to a dying man. Engraving by B. Picart, 1722.
  • The remains of Lord Viscount Horatio Nelson lying in state in Greenwich. Coloured aquatint with engraving by M. Merigot after A.C. Pugin, 1806.
  • The coffin containing the remains of Mr. Peabody on display in the chapel on board of the ship "The Monarch". Wood engraving, 1869.
  • William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, lying in state. Etching, 1778.
  • A male corpse is wrapped in linen and entombed while a funeral cortège proceeds into a church in the background. Etching with engraving by G. Spilberg after C. de Passe.
  • Shanghai, China: a funeral procession, with people carrying banners. Photograph, 18--.
  • The transferral of the coffin of Napoleon III to Chiselhurst in 1878. Wood engraving, ca. 1878.
  • The funeral procession for a royal prince, and the cremation of a royal prince. Etching with engraving.
  • A funeral in a French church: the coffin is sprayed with holy water and lowered into the grounds of the church. Etching by B. Picart, 1724.
  • Funeral of Lord Ranelagh at Fulham Church in London in 1885. Wood engraving, ca. 1885.
  • A funeral procession following a deceased bishop layed out on a bier into a parish hall. Coloured etching by F. Ferrari, 1820.
  • The cremation of Hippias. Etching with engraving.