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  • An exhumed mummy in St. Stephen's Crypt in Westminster. Chalk lithograph by J. Basire after George Scharf, 1852.
  • The scattering of the ashes of John Wycliffe's bones after his body had been exhumed and his bones burnt 41 years after his death. Etching.
  • The scattering of the ashes of John Wycliffe's bones after his body had been exhumed and his bones burnt 41 years after his death. Etching.
  • Above, John Wycliffe preaching to a crowd in Oxford; below, the scattering of the ashes of John Wycliffe's bones after his body had been exhumed and his bones burnt 41 years after his death. Etching.
  • The exhumed corpse of the French King Henry IV standing bandaged and upright in a coffin in the vaults of the Basilica of Saint-Denis. Line engraving with etching by E. Bovinet, A. Chataigner and T.B. de Jolimont after E.H. Langlois.
  • Traité de médecine légale ... / [Matthieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila].
  • Saint Expeditus. Oil painting by a painter of Palermo, 18--.
  • Saint Expeditus. Oil painting by a painter of Palermo, 18--.
  • Saint Expeditus. Oil painting by a painter of Palermo, 18--.
  • Saint Expeditus. Oil painting by a painter of Palermo, 18--.
  • Saint Expeditus. Oil painting by a painter of Palermo, 18--.
  • Saint Expeditus. Oil painting by a painter of Palermo, 18--.
  • Saint Expeditus. Oil painting by a painter of Palermo, 18--.
  • Saint Expeditus. Oil painting by a painter of Palermo, 18--.
  • A man (George Dixon Longstaff?) wearing academic robes and holding a skull. Oil painting by Carl Schmid (?), 1835.
  • A man (George Dixon Longstaff?) wearing academic robes and holding a skull. Oil painting by Carl Schmid (?), 1835.
  • A man (George Dixon Longstaff?) wearing academic robes and holding a skull. Oil painting by Carl Schmid (?), 1835.
  • A man (George Dixon Longstaff?) wearing academic robes and holding a skull. Oil painting by Carl Schmid (?), 1835.
  • The Panama Canal: Baron de Reinach, one of the promoters of the canal, is forced to swallow poison. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.