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  • Theodore (Téwodros) II, Emperor of Ethiopia of Ethiopia, on his death bed. Lithograph by James Ferguson after C.F. James.
  • The funeral ceremony of Charles Darwin at Westminster Abbey, 26 April 1882. Wood engraving.
  • Saint Peter is crucified upside down. Engraving by C. Tinti, 1784, after G. Reni.
  • A destitute girl throws herself from a bridge, her life ruined by alcoholism. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848.
  • Two holy men lie side by side affected by the plague: in the background, the plague epidemic. Drawing.
  • Queen Alexandra visiting the sick in the Patrick ward, Dublin Hospital for the Dying, Ireland. Pen and ink drawing by A. Kemp Tebby, 1903, after H. Mills.
  • A man drinking in a tavern in the company of figures representing poverty and death induced by alcohol. Colour lithograph by J.-J. Waltz (Hansi), 1905.
  • A skeleton dressed as a gentleman grits his teeth. Lithograph by L. Crusius, 1900.
  • A young woman contemplating a skull. Woodcut by A. Andreani after A. Casolano, 1592.
  • Childhood mortality: interior of a nursery with eight babies, watched by Death who opens the window from outside and reveals an industrial cityscape. Colour lithograph by Alice Dick Dumas.
  • A medical consultation while a patient dies; a group of soldiers with a family; men in an artist's loft. Coloured lithograph c. 1840.
  • The funeral procession of the Duke of York in 1827. Wood engraving.
  • A young artist in his studio contemplating a skull. Etching, 1815.
  • A horse-drawn hearse pulls away from a doctor's; representing the dire state of the medical establishment according to James Morison, pill-vendor and self-styled 'Hygeian'. Lithograph, c. 1848.
  • William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, lying in state. Etching, 1778.
  • A doctor holding death at bay from his patient: illustrated by him squirting a syringe at a skeletal figure entering via the window. Line engraving by N. Goodnight, 1787, after S. Collings.
  • The deathbed of a man: a tonsured monk plays the organ while another monk mourns. Drawing by George du Maurier, 1883.
  • A man, half human and half skeleton. Etching.
  • Two priests and their server follow a funeral procession carrying an open coffin into a church. Etching by J. Pesne after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • The angel of death (a winged skeletal creature) drops some deadly substances into a river near a town; representing typhoid. Watercolour, 1912, after R. Cooper.
  • Clerics and military men surrounding the open coffin of Napoleon Bonaparte. Lithograph by J. Arnout after V.J. Adam.
  • Five scenes with a skeleton. Drawings attributed to H.K. Browne [Phiz].
  • The crucifixion of Christ; the three Maries lament. Etching by W. Unger after R. van der Weyden.
  • Banners of Emblems as carried at the funeral of Lord Nelson in 1806. Coloured aquatint by W.M. Fellows, 1806.
  • Three figures on horseback. Etching.
  • A female figure with a vacuum pump; representing physics or 'natural philosophy'. Stipple engraving, 1795, after C-N. Cochin the younger, c. 1773.
  • A male corpse is wrapped in linen and entombed while a funeral cortège proceeds into a church in the background. Etching with engraving by G. Spilberg after C. de Passe.
  • Lesbian & Gay Bereavement Project : losing a partner in a same-gender relationship is every bit as devastating as losing a husband or a wife ...
  • A woman whose chest is pierced by an arrow is being treated by a doctor. Etching by Crispyn van den Queborne after Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne.
  • The death of Lord Nelson on the quarter deck aboard HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving by J. Rogers after A. Devis, 1807.