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  • Skulls and bones of friars, looking towards the altar of a chapel. Photograph.
  • Santa Maria della Concezione, Rome: skulls and skeletons of the friars arranged in arches and columns around the walls of the Convento dei Cappuccini. Photograph.
  • Skulls and skeletons of friars arranged columns around the walls of a chapel. Photograph.
  • Gentlemen visiting the vaults in the Capuchin tombs of Palermo. Coloured aquatint by J.C. Stadler after Cooper Willyams.
  • Skeletons of priests (?), preserved and standing in rows wearing robes and berettas, depicted in a painting. Photograph.
  • Gentlemen visiting and drawing the vaults in the Capuchin tombs of Palermo. Wood engraving.
  • The skeleton of a friar in the role of Death as the reaper, surrounded by skulls, ribs and vertebrae, in a chapel. Photograph.
  • The vaults of the Capuchin tombs in Palermo. Wood engraving by E. de S.
  • A sepulchral chest with cover, a Greek metal cup, and a vase supported by goats' and rams' heads. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.
  • Palermo, Convento dei Cappuccini: skeletons of the friars, preserved and standing in rows wearing robes and berettas. Photograph by G. Incorpora.