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  • Angels presenting the dead body of Christ. Lithograph by G. Sensi after F. de Ribalta.
  • Saul bows to Samuel after the witch of Endor has conjured him from the dead. Mezzotint, 1795.
  • Boer War: the wounded and dead being brought in after the Battle of Pepworth Hill. Process print.
  • Ostia, Rome: columbaria for holding urns containing the ashes of the dead. Photograph by Fratelli Alinari, 192-.
  • Page of poetry from 'Newes from the Dead', 1651
  • Page of poetry from 'Newes from the Dead', 1651
  • Page of poetry from 'Newes from the Dead', 1651
  • Page of poetry from 'Newes from the Dead', 1651
  • Page of poetry from 'Newes from the Dead', 1651
  • Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.
  • A Golden Eagle sitting on the branch of a dead tree. Etching by Barlow after Edwards.
  • Two grackles (Carunculated Grakle) sitting on the branch of a dead tree. Etching by M. Griffith.
  • Photocopies, microfilms : the International Veterinary Society for Zootechnics takes the liberty of placing its library organisation to the disposal of all its members with the system of photocopies or microfilms.
  • Photocopies, microfilms : the International Veterinary Society for Zootechnics takes the liberty of placing its library organisation to the disposal of all its members with the system of photocopies or microfilms.
  • Saul collapses as the witch of Endor conjures Samuel from the dead. Wood engraving after J. Schnorr von Carolsfeld.
  • A sick, dying or dead woman lying on a bed in the presence of three figures. Drawing.
  • Japanese funeral customs: a grieving family at the bedside of a dead man. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Calcutta, West Bengal: young men placing the dead body of a man on a funeral pyre. Photograph.
  • A sick, dying or dead woman lying on a bed in the presence of three figures. Drawing.
  • The dead body of Tee, one of the chiefs of the island of Tahiti, in a state of preservation. Engraving by W. Byrne, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • An old smuggler (Mr Moffit) is shot dead by a naval inspector with a pistol, who finds rolls of tobacco in the dead man's pockets; other people attend the scene. Engraving by W. Greatbach, 1833, after F. Pickering.
  • Crimean War: soldiers collecting the wounded and dead from the Valley of the Shadow of Death. Tinted lithograph by E. Walker after W. Simpson.
  • The suicide of Cleopatra: Roman soldiers discover Cleopatra lying dead on her bed with the asp wriggling on her left arm and her dead maid lying next to the bed. Line engraving by E. Smith after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
  • Captain Ducie approaches the dead body of M. Platzoff. Process print after R. Taylor after M. L. Gow.
  • A little owl sitting on the branch of a dead tree. Coloured etching by G. Edwards after himself.
  • The good Samaritan tending to the wounds of a half-dead man. Line engraving by G.H. Adcock after Dietrici.
  • The dead Christ is lamented by the four holy women, Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathaea. Engraving by C. Cort, 1567.
  • Christ carries the bodily remains of the dead up a ladder to his position on the cross. Etching by A. Hirschvogel, 1547.
  • Severely diseased tissue and muscles on the arms (?) of a dead woman. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1858.
  • Two men burying the dead as part of the seven works of corporeal charity. Line engraving with etching by H. Nüsser after J. Kehren.