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  • The scattering of the ashes of John Wycliffe's bones after his body had been exhumed and his bones burnt 41 years after his death. Etching.
  • The martyrdom of Jerome of Prague. Woodcut.
  • A clergyman. Oil painting.
  • A clergyman. Oil painting.
  • An autopsy on an investor in the Dutch speculation boom of 1720 reveals that he had died of an excess of air, representing lack of value in the shares. Etching, 1720.
  • An autopsy on an investor in the Dutch speculation boom of 1720 reveals that he had died of an excess of air, representing lack of value in the shares. Etching, 1720.
  • Saint John the Baptist as a youth in the wilderness, holding a skull. Engraving by W. Ensom, 1832, after C. Cignani.
  • Episodes in the plague in Rome in 1656-1657. Etching.
  • Ten surgeons discussing the cause of death of George Clarke, who died in riots at an election at Brentford in 1768. Line engraving, 1769.
  • The assumption of Queen Victoria. Photogravure, 1902, after A. Drummond, 1901.
  • People using advanced materials and modes of transport in the year 2000, some travelling in hot-air balloons, some with their own wings, and some in carriages running on steam. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.