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  • An ensemble of Burmese musicians playing traditional instruments at a funeral. Wood engraving, 1872, after H.G. Robley.
  • Sarawak: a peace-making ceremony between two Kayan tribes. Photograph.
  • A dying man in bed being read the last rites. Lithograph by F. Piloty after L. Bramer.
  • Egypt: ceremonies of the cult of Isis. Coloured engraving, ca. 1804-1811.
  • Page 4: a funeral procession. Watercolour drawing.
  • All of Paris turns up for an important funeral procession. Colour process print after a lithograph by T.A. Steinlen.
  • Chapel and tomb of the family of the Duke of Orleans, seen from the gardens. Lithograph by I-L. Deroy, 1842, after N.J. Kellin.
  • Egypt: ceremonies of the cult of Isis. Coloured engraving, ca. 1804-1811.
  • Tibet: a dead body being broken up with a hammer and knife for throwing to the birds. Photograph, 19--.
  • Boer War: soldiers saluting the wounded off the battlefield at Modder River, 1899. Process print after R. Caton-Woodville, 1899.
  • The funeral of David Livingstone in Westminster Abbey in 1873. Wood engraving.
  • A procession following the coffin of David Livingstone in Southampton in 1873. Wood engraving.
  • An old woman dying with her hand held by her daughter; two men, with impaired limbs, pay their last respects. Colour stipple print by E. & M.A. Scott after T. Stothard.
  • The funeral of Mr. Peabody in Westminster Abbey in 1869. Wood engraving, 1869.
  • Albrecht von Haller: his monument is visited by a grieving mythological figure. Engraving with etching by B.A. Dunker and M.G. Eichler.
  • An infant dies, surrounded by mourners. Engraving.
  • Samson's crushed body is borne away by his brethren. Engraving by J. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • A man's hands, one raised to his chest, the other holding a lit candle; advertisement for the 12th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial and Mobilization on May 21st 1995. Colour lithograph by Guzman.
  • A doctor of physic in his ceremonial congregation robes at Oxford. Coloured engraving by J. Agar, 1813, after T. Uwins.
  • A doctor of physic in his ceremonial congregation robes at Oxford. Coloured pen drawing after T. Uwins.
  • Rome: people praying at a catafalque in a church for the souls in purgatory. Coloured lithograph by F. Villain after A.J.-B. Thomas, 1823.
  • A ceremony in honour of the king's son, on the island of Tongatapu. Engraving by J. Hall and S. Middiman, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • A reformed and fashionable gentleman exits from the church with his beautiful bride. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
  • Silhouette of the world with a lit candle advertising in the 8th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial event by Mobilization against AIDS on Sunday May 19, 1991 with text relating to participating cities and sponsors. Colour lithograph by Bennett Carlson, 1991.
  • Three native North American medicine men dressed in elaborate ritual masks and costumes. Wood engraving.
  • A funeral procession of elderly women with cats in their arms, following the coffin of a dead cat, in a churchyard. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Pettit after E.G. Byron, 1789.
  • The funeral procession of Pallas, son of Evander. Etching by P. Lombard, 1654, after F. Cleyn.
  • The burial of Saint Dominic in Bologna in 1221: friars placing the corpse of Saint Dominic into a coffin in the presence of Cardinal Ugolinus. Line engraving by T. Wier and A. Tendi after a marble relief by C. Bianconi and J-B. Boudard.
  • A doctor of physic in his ceremonial congregation robes at Oxford. Coloured engraving by J. Agar, 1813, after T. Uwins.
  • A group of Bundu female dancers all wearing necklaces of beads which are filled with medicines. Halftone after a photograph by T.J. Alldridge.