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  • W. W. Westcott, Suicide. Its history, liter
  • W. W. Westcott, Suicide. Its history, liter
  • W. W. Westcott, Suicide. Its history, liter
  • The Lancet: Dr Mantell on suicide
  • The suicide of Cato. Etching by P. Testa, 1648.
  • Hogarth, Marriage a la mode: suicide of the countess
  • A man attended by a surgeon (suicide of Seneca?). Oil painting.
  • A man attended by a surgeon (suicide of Seneca?). Oil painting.
  • After the suicide of Seneca the Younger, the Emperor Nero orders the arrest of the suicide of Seneca's wife Pompeia Paulina. Oil painting by an Italian painter, ca. 1750.
  • After the suicide of Seneca the Younger, the Emperor Nero orders the arrest of the suicide of Seneca's wife Pompeia Paulina. Oil painting by an Italian painter, ca. 1750.
  • After the suicide of Seneca the Younger, the Emperor Nero orders the arrest of the suicide of Seneca's wife Pompeia Paulina. Oil painting by an Italian painter, ca. 1750.
  • Neck and lower part of the face of a woman who attempted suicide
  • A distressed young lady is sitting near a river, contemplating suicide. Engraving with etching.
  • Stoicism: above, the suicide of Seneca; middle, Zeno and Chrysippus; below, the suicides of Socrates and Cato. Engraving by W. Hole, ca. 1614.
  • Doctors investigate a fake suicide. Colour process print by Bertin after J-A. Faivre, c. 1900.
  • A poor painter seated at a canvas contemplates suicide. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.
  • The arrest of Robespierre after his failed suicide attempt. Steel engraving by A. Revel after T. Johannot.
  • The suicide of Sophonisba: Sophonisba is sitting on a chair taking the poison Masinissa sent her. Etching.
  • The suicide of Cleopatra: Cleopatra holding the asp in her left hand. Stipple engraving by Sherwin after G.B. Cipriani.
  • The suicide of Dido: Dido seated on a pyre surrounded by distressed servants. Etching by G.C. Testa after P. Testa.
  • The suicide of Cleopatra: Cleopatra lies on her bed clasping the tail of the asp that just bit her. Lithograph after Guido Reni.
  • The suicide of Cleopatra: Cleopatra is lying dead on her bed, mourned by a servant. Etching by G.B. Cipriani after B. Cellini.
  • The suicide of Cleopatra: Cleopatra is sitting on a chair while the asp wriggles up her right arm. Stipple engraving by Clark after himself.
  • The suicide of Cleopatra: the asp wriggles around Cleopatra's left arm and is about to bite her in the breast. Heliogravure after S. Beham.
  • A young distressed woman is standing on the pier of a bridge on the River Thames contemplating suicide. Engraving by T. Godfrey after G. Doré.
  • The suicide of Cleopatra: Cleopatra stands next to her bed holding the asp in her left hand. Line engraving by R. Strange after G. Reni, 1777.
  • Charles James, seated at his desk with candles burning, contemplating suicide, holds a pistol to his mouth. Engraving by W. Skelton after C.R. Ryley after C. James.
  • The suicide of Cleopatra: the asp is wriggling up the left arm of the sleeping Cleopatra. Etching by J.B. de Poilly after a statue in the Vatican.
  • A group of politicians debate at a coroner's inquest whether Lord Melbourne's temporary resignation was equivalent to murder or to suicide. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
  • A woman diagnosed as suffering from melancholia with fear, or fear of everything, and with a propensity to attempt suicide. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing made for Sir Alexander Morison.