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  • Crimean War, Scutari: hospital and cemetery. Coloured lithograph by J. Needham, 1856, after W. Simpson.
  • The transfer of the coffins of King Louis XVI of France and his wife, Marie Antoinette, to the church St. Denis in Paris on 21 January 1815. Etching with engraving, 1815.
  • The funeral procession of Charles James Fox passing through Palace Yard in London. Aquatint, 1806.
  • The funeral procession of the Duke of Wellington passing the Horse Guards in London in 1852. Lithograph by A. Maclure.
  • Calcutta, West Bengal: the dead body of a man burning on a funeral pyre; a young man standing by. Photograph.
  • Joseph of Arimathea watches as Roman soldiers roll a stone in front of Christ's tomb. Mezzotint by I. Jehner, 1794, after W. Hogarth.
  • Bombay (Mumbai): a Parsee (Parsi) "Tower of silence" where the bodies of the dead are exposed to vultures. Photograph.
  • The skeleton of a friar in the role of Death as the reaper, surrounded by skulls, ribs and vertebrae, in a chapel. Photograph.
  • Funeral procession of a queen passing through Hammersmith in London. Etching with engraving by C. Canton after R. Banks.
  • The funeral of Tom Moody, a huntsman: members of the hunt cry "View-halloo" and "Tally-ho!" over his grave. Wood engraving after R. Seymour, 1831.
  • Assam: a burial place of the Konyak Naga tribe, with heads placed in sandstone hollows above ground. Photograph attributed to Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, ca. 1937.
  • The funeral of Mr. Peabody in Westminster Abbey in 1869. Wood engraving, 1869.
  • Another Daniel Lambert! : now exhibiting at 6, Leicester Square, Mr. Mansfield, of Debden, Essex, the most wonderful man ever known ... weighing 469lbs.! Circumference, 97 inches!!!.
  • Three scenes: a woman undergoing a trial for adultery, a Jewish burial and circumcision ceremony. Etching after a woodcut, 1682.
  • Philippines: the body of a wealthy dead man displayed seated on a high chair after having been smoked for 15 days. Photograph, 19--.
  • Rizpah protecting the bodies of her murdered sons Armoni and Mephibosheth. Watercolour after J.M.W. Turner.
  • A funerary monument (toupapow) with a corpse on it, encountered by Captain Cook in Tahiti on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by W. Woollett, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • A Lutheran funeral in the city of Augsburg. Engraving by B. Picart, 1732, after Catherine Sperling.
  • The funeral of King George IV. Wood engraving with letterpress, 1830.
  • The funeral cortège of the Duke of Orleans in Paris in 1842. Lithograph after Grenier de Saint Martin and I-L. Deroy, 1842.
  • A pregnant woman receives an abortifacient draught from a peasant "wise woman"; she falls ill but the physician cannot save her life; her funeral is attended by her family and neighbours. Colour lithograph by S. I︠a︡guzhinskiĭ, 1925.
  • The funeral procession of the Dutch naval commander de Ruyter in 1677. Etching.
  • Boer War: the funeral procession for a military nurse, with soldiers pulling the funeral cart. Halftone, c. 1900, after W. S. Gillard.
  • The funeral service of Lord Lister in 1912. Gouache by Cyrus Cuneo.
  • The burial of Adam: Adam is wrapped in linen sheets and lowered into the grave while a large crowd of mourners is looking on. Engraving by Jan Sadeler after M. de Vos.
  • A funeral in the city of the Hague in Holland. Engraving with etching by B. Picart, 1732.
  • A Christian-Roman soldier is administered extreme unction by a priest. Etching by Beyer after N. Poussin.
  • A priest administering the Eucharist to a dying man. Engraving by B. Picart, 1722.
  • Albrecht von Haller: his monument is visited by a grieving mythological figure. Engraving with etching by B.A. Dunker and M.G. Eichler.
  • The funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth I, including the Clerks of the Parliament and the Clerks of the Privy Seal. Engraving by J. Basire after a drawing by William Camden, 1791.