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  • Two female figures standing on either side of drapery bearing the title of Vesling's Syntagma anatomicum: beyond, the anatomy theatre of the University of Padua. Engraving by Giovanni Georgi, 1647.
  • Rizpah keeps watch in the tranquil night over the decaying bodies of her sons. Mezzotint by R. Dunkarton and J.M.W. Turner, 1812, after the latter.
  • An anatomical dissection by Jean Riolan the younger (1580-1657). Engraving of 1649 by Renier van Persyn after a design of 1626 by Crispijn de Passe the second.
  • A skeletal cadaver with two flaps of skin of the abdomen cut away to reveal the subcutaneous layer of muscle and fat, labelled "mirac". Process print, 1926, after a manuscript illustration, 1345.
  • Philippines: the dead body of a wealthy man displayed seated on a high chair after having been smoked for 24 days. Photograph, 19--.
  • Royal Liverpool University Hospital: a pathologist cutting open a body in the mortuary. Drawing by Julia Midgley, 1998.
  • The raising of Lazarus. Engraving by J. Muller after A. Bloemaert.
  • Kusōzu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body. Watercolours.
  • Shrunken heads displayed on vases and as hanging baskets. Photograph, ca. 1890 (?).
  • Kusōzu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body. Watercolours.
  • An ill and emaciated horse is standing next to and looking down at the carcass of a dead horse while a dog is approaching the carcass. Etching after P. Potter.
  • Two men placing the shrouded corpse which they have just disinterred into a sack while Death, as a nightwatchman holding a lantern, grabs one of the grave-robbers from behind. Coloured drawing by T. Rowlandson, 1775.
  • A nightwatchman disturbs a body-snatcher who has dropped the stolen corpse he had been carrying in a hamper, while the anatomist runs away. Etching with engraving by W. Austin, 1773.
  • An elderly anatomist contemplates the heart that he has excised from the corpse of a beautiful, young woman. Photogravure by R. Schuster, 1906, after a painting by E. Simonet, 1890.
  • Skeletons (of Capuchin friars?) preserved in a crypt. Wash drawing.
  • Tibet: a dead body being broken up with a hammer and knife for throwing to the birds. Photograph, 19--.
  • Elisha's skeleton exerts a magical power when a dead soldier who has fallen into his grave is brought back to life. Etching by M. Tyroff, c. 1735.
  • A nightwatchman disturbs a body-snatcher who has dropped the stolen corpse he had been carrying in a hamper, while the anatomist runs away. Etching with engraving by W. Austin, 1773.
  • People visiting the morgue in Paris to view the cadavers. Lithograph by A. Boblet, 1833, after Cour (?).
  • Kusōzu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body. Watercolours.
  • Tibet: a dead body being eaten by dogs. Photograph, 19--.
  • Two anatomists dissecting a corpse, surrounded by birds, a cat, a dog and mice. Etching by S. Ireland after J. H. Mortimer, 17--.
  • Kusōzu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body. Watercolours.
  • Christ carries the bodily remains of the dead up a ladder to his position on the cross. Etching by A. Hirschvogel, 1547.
  • Kusōzu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body. Watercolours.
  • A cherubic Aesculapius fends off death with medicine. Engraving by Le Roy after C-P. Marillier.
  • An anatomist meditates on the corpse of a beautiful young woman, laid out on a table next to his desk. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. C. von Max, 1869.
  • An elderly man after his death. Photograph, 1840/1855.
  • World War One: a young soldier lies dying in a woman's arms on a deserted battlefield. Colour halftone, c. 1915, after D. Tennant.
  • Two men placing the shrouded corpse which they have just disinterred into a sack while Death, as a nightwatchman holding a lantern, grabs one of the grave-robbers from behind. Coloured drawing by T. Rowlandson, 1775.