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  • William Harvey: his coffin in the vault of the Harvey family grave in Hempstead, Essex. Process print.
  • The wheel of fortune (left); a medieval lead coffin (right). Line engraving by J. Swaine after T. Hollis.
  • Japanese funeral customs: a Buddhist monk kneels before a coffin; mourners kneel behind him. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A physician looks at the coffin of a deceased patient and says "I cured him too". Watercolour, ca. 1752/1755.
  • The body of Earl Ferrers, displayed upright in his coffin at the Royal College of Surgeons. Engraving by Valois.
  • A coffin layed out on a bier in a chapel surrounded by a choir. Etching by B. Picart, 1724.
  • Clerics and military men surrounding the open coffin of Napoleon Bonaparte. Lithograph by J. Arnout after V.J. Adam.
  • A funeral procession following a coffin, laid out on a bier, into a church. Etching by B. Picart, 1724.
  • Monks lamenting the death of a man layed out in a coffin before them in a church. Coloured aquatint.
  • Chinese armed guards check a inspect a corpse in a coffin. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • A congregation of Jewish mourners lowering a coffin into a grave during a funeral. Engraving by B. Picart, ca. 1733.
  • Members of different brotherhoods carrying a coffin during a procession. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and G. Dura after G. Dura.
  • Members of different brotherhoods carrying a coffin during a procession. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and G. Dura after G. Dura.
  • Members of different brotherhoods carrying a coffin during a procession. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and G. Dura after G. Dura, 1834.
  • A mother bearing her child's coffin in a funeral procession for victims of the plague. Colour lithograph after F. Jenewein, 1900.
  • A coffin containing the body of Moll Hackabout surrounded by a parson among other so-called mourners. Engraving by William Hogarth.
  • A screaming young woman is forced by soldiers into a "iron coffin of Lissa". Etching by M. Pool after O. Elliger.
  • A screaming young woman is forced by soldiers into a "iron coffin of Lissa". Etching by M. Pool after O. Elliger.
  • A coffin containing the body of Moll Hackabout surrounded by a parson and other so-called mourners. Engraving after William Hogarth.
  • Jacob Wainwright sitting next to the coffin of David Livingstone on board ship. Wood engraving by J. Nash, after a photograph.
  • The lid of a coffin at Castle Dermot, decorated with two skeletons. Etching by Mrs. D.T. after Mrs. W.J. Hooker.
  • David Livingstone's body arrives in Southampton; a delegation laying a wreath on his coffin. Wood engraving by H. Harral after G. Durand.
  • Plan of the platforms and banners around the coffin of Lord Nelson at his funeral in St. Paul's Cathedral. Coloured aquatint, 1806.
  • Ceremony around the coffin containing the remains of Napoleon Bonaparte in the Chapel of St. Jerome in Paris. Lithograph by J. Arnout.
  • Funeral of David Livingstone at Westminster Abbey; his coffin is carried by some of his former servants. Wood engraving by C.R.
  • A cigarette compared with a nail being driven into a coffin; representing the lethal effect of smoking. Colour lithograph after K. Erol, 1972.
  • The coffin containing the remains of Mr. Peabody on display in the chapel on board of the ship "The Monarch". Wood engraving, 1869.
  • A delegation laying a wreath on the coffin of David Livingstone after its arrival in Southampton. Wood engraving by H. Harral after G. Durand.
  • The dissecting room of an anatomist, with a man thought to be dead waking up and sitting up in his coffin. Drawing, 183- (?).
  • A memento mori statue, used to remind the user of the transience of life and material luxury, containing a decaying corpse inside a coffin.