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  • Franco-Prussian War: peasants going to bury the dead from the Battle of Worth. Wood engraving.
  • Christ appears to the holy women after his death. Engraving by G. Huret after himself.
  • Zenobia, ruler of the Palmyrene empire, is besieged in Antioch by the Roman emperor Aurelian, and gives orders for the moving of her treasure: a man carrying a large vessel filled with coins carries it past the tomb of Odenathus. Line engraving by Charles Etienne Gaucher, 1789, after J. Werner.
  • Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Etching by F. Ludy after J.F. Overbeck, 1849.
  • The suicides of Pyramus and Thisbe: Thisbe and Pyramus lying dead in front of Ninus' tomb, having stabbed themselves with the sword next to them. Line engraving by V. Vangelisti after G. Reni.
  • The apostles gathered around the empty tomb of Mary on her Assumption. Etching with aquatint by C.M. Metz after L. Cardi.
  • An angel reading the inscription on the tombstone of William Woollett. Stipple engraving.
  • The apostles around the empty tomb watch the Assumption of the Virgin. Engraving.
  • A wizard conjuring a man from his grave. Etching.
  • The Assumption of the Virgin. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after A. Carracci.
  • Crimean War, Scutari: British Hospital and Burial Ground. Tinted lithograph by J. Needham, 1857, after Lieutenant R.C. Glover.
  • Tomb for a young child showing its body on a raft steered by an angel. Line engraving with stipple by W. Roffe after F.M. Miller.
  • The resurrected Christ rises over terrified soldiers. Watercolour painting.
  • Winchester: tombstone of Thomas Thetcher, who "died of a violent fever contracted by drinking small beer", 1764. Photograph, 18--.
  • The Assumption of the Virgin Mary; below the apostles crowd around her empty tomb. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Agostino Carracci.
  • Crimean War: Florence Nightingale and Mr Bracebridge at Cathcart's Hill burial ground. Tinted lithograph after W. Simpson.
  • Jesus Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1510.
  • The Pope, the devil and the Young Pretender lie prostrate near the coffin of the Duke of Cumberland lined with two rows of lit candles and mourning figures. Engraving by WW. after J.C., 1765.
  • The apostles around the empty tomb watch the Assumption of the Virgin. Engraving after J. Boeckhorst.
  • The grave of John Keats in the Protestant cemetery of Rome, Italy. Etching by J.L. Chapman, 1863.
  • An ornate sepulchre bearing an inscribed epitaph to Mr. Jacob Boreel. Etching with engraving by J. Goeree, c. 1697, after S. Schynvoet.
  • Janina, Albania (subsequently Greece): the seraglio and tomb of Ali Pasha. Colour lithograph after G.D. Beresford, 1855.
  • Gentlemen visiting the vaults in the Capuchin tombs of Palermo. Coloured aquatint by J.C. Stadler after Cooper Willyams.
  • Hong Kong: the Protestant Cemetery, Happy Valley. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.
  • Interior of a mausoleum. Aquatint with engraving by Francesco Inghirami after Luigi Lombardo Tasca.
  • Rome: ruins of ancient sepulchre and aqueduct. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1750.
  • The apostles around the empty tomb watch the Assumption of the Virgin. Engraving.
  • The monument of King Henry II and Richard I with sculptures representing other members of the families at Font Evraud in Anjou. Engraving with etching by J. Goldar after H. Gravelot, 1813.
  • Crimean War: cityscape view of hospital and cemetary at Scutari. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker after W. Simpson.
  • Christ, praying in the light, raises Lazarus from his tomb. Etching after J. Lievens, 1631.