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Franco-Prussian War: burying the dead at Champigmy. Etching by A. Lançon, 1871.
Lançon, Auguste André, 1836-1887.Date: 1871Reference: 21947i
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Crimean War: ruins of the British soldier's graveyard. Wood engraving by R.C.H?.
Reference: 21418i
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Visitors examining the dead in the Armenian cemetery two days after the massacres. Process print by Meisenbach ca. 1915.
Date: 1915Reference: 586417i
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Scutari, Turkey: people visiting the cemetery on a Thursday afternoon. Tinted lithograph by Lady A. Blackwood, 1857.
Blackwood, Alicia, Lady.Date: [1857]Reference: 2136893i
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The wife of the keeper of the burying ground near Valenciennes standing outside the gate of the cemetery. Coloured aquatint, 1817.
Date: 1 January 1817Reference: 44431i
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The church of Saint Peter-in-the-East, Oxford: section of the chancel and plan of the crypt. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1835, after G. Gwilt, 1818.
Gwilt, George, 1775-1856.Date: 23 April 1835Reference: 21364i
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Fleda and Mrs Rossitur visiting the grave of Hugh Rossitur. Engraving with etching.
Reference: 44407i
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Crimean War, Scutari: British Hospital and Burial Ground. Tinted lithograph by J. Needham, 1857, after Lieutenant R.C. Glover.
Glover, R. C., Lieutenant.Date: 27 February 1857Reference: 21458i
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Livor mortis zine : el bimbo. #12.
Ruttley, StephenDate: 2019
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These silent mansions : a life in graveyards / Jean Sprackland.
Sprackland, JeanDate: 2020
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Grave matters : a journey through the modern funeral industry to a natural way of burial / Mark Harris.
Harris, Mark (Donald Mark), 1960-Date: [2007], ©2007
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Report to the General Board of Health on the burial-ground attached to the parish church of St. Peter, in the borough of Caermarthen / by Geo. T. Clark, Superintending Inspector.
Clark, George Thomas, 1809-1898.Date: 1851
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The first [-fourth] of a series of lectures delivered at the Mechanics' Institution, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, Nov. 27, 1846 [-August 13, 1847], on the actual condition of the metropolitan grave-yards.
Walker, George Alfred, 1807-1884.Date: 1849
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A rainbow appearing over the graves of the dead after an epidemic of plague. Colour lithograph after F. Jenewein, 1900.
Jenewein, Felix, 1857-1905.Date: 1901Reference: 17774i
Part of: The plague : A cycle of six pictures
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A scene showing alms-giving of food, water, clothes and money; in the midst of this Charity is seen with a Pelican on her head holding a Sacred Heart. Line engraving by H. Cock after P. Bruegel, 1559.
Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569.Date: 1559Reference: 17566i
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A collection of curious and interesting epitaphs : copied from the monuments of distinguished and noted characters in the ancient church and burial grounds of Saint Pancras, Middlesex / by Frederick Teague Cansick.
Cansick, Frederick Teague.Date: 1869-1872
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College Gateway, Maidstone, Kent. Line engraving by H. Adlard after W.H. Bartlett.
Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854.Reference: 18258i
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Report on a general scheme of extramural sepulture for country towns / General Board of Health.
Date: 1851
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The entrance of Low Hill General Cemetery, Liverpool. Engraving by Robert Wallis after Thomas Allom.
Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872.Reference: 44424i
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Sir John Simon (?) in his role as the first Medical Officer of Health for the City of London putting pressure on the Corporation of London to act upon the pestilential conditions of the graveyards in the City. Lithograph by Bolus, 1851.
Bolus, active 1851.Date: 1851Reference: 16130i
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Auxerre, France: tomb of Paul Bert, covered with wreaths of flowers. Photograph.
Reference: 561887i
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An exposition of the dangers of interment in cities : illustrated by an account of the funeral rites and customs of the Hebrews, Greeks, Romans, and primitive Christians, by ancient and modern ecclesiastical canons, civil statutes, and municipal regulations, and by chemical and physical principles / chiefly from the works of Vicq d'Azyr of France and Scipione Piattoli of Modena ; with additions by Felix Pascalis.
Pascalis Ouviere, Felix, 1762-1833.Date: 1823
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La saison d'une peste : Avril-septembre 1590, le cimetière des Fédons à Lambesc (Bouches-du-Rhône) / sous la direction de Bruno Bizot, Dominique Castex, Patrick Reynaud[and others].
Date: [2005], ©2005
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These silent mansions / Jean Sprackland.
Sprackland, JeanDate: 2021
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People decorating the graves of their relatives in a cemetery in Italy for the celebration of All Souls. Gouache painting by Reginald Cleaver.
Cleaver, Reginald, active 1894.Reference: 44245i

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Franco-Prussian War: burying the dead at Champigmy. Etching by A. Lançon, 1871.

Crimean War: ruins of the British soldier's graveyard. Wood engraving by R.C.H?.

Visitors examining the dead in the Armenian cemetery two days after the massacres. Process print by Meisenbach ca. 1915.

Scutari, Turkey: people visiting the cemetery on a Thursday afternoon. Tinted lithograph by Lady A. Blackwood, 1857.

The wife of the keeper of the burying ground near Valenciennes standing outside the gate of the cemetery. Coloured aquatint, 1817.

The church of Saint Peter-in-the-East, Oxford: section of the chancel and plan of the crypt. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1835, after G. Gwilt, 1818.

Fleda and Mrs Rossitur visiting the grave of Hugh Rossitur. Engraving with etching.

Crimean War, Scutari: British Hospital and Burial Ground. Tinted lithograph by J. Needham, 1857, after Lieutenant R.C. Glover.

Livor mortis zine : el bimbo. #12.

These silent mansions : a life in graveyards / Jean Sprackland.

Grave matters : a journey through the modern funeral industry to a natural way of burial / Mark Harris.

Report to the General Board of Health on the burial-ground attached to the parish church of St. Peter, in the borough of Caermarthen / by Geo. T. Clark, Superintending Inspector.

The first [-fourth] of a series of lectures delivered at the Mechanics' Institution, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, Nov. 27, 1846 [-August 13, 1847], on the actual condition of the metropolitan grave-yards.

A rainbow appearing over the graves of the dead after an epidemic of plague. Colour lithograph after F. Jenewein, 1900.

A scene showing alms-giving of food, water, clothes and money; in the midst of this Charity is seen with a Pelican on her head holding a Sacred Heart. Line engraving by H. Cock after P. Bruegel, 1559.

A collection of curious and interesting epitaphs : copied from the monuments of distinguished and noted characters in the ancient church and burial grounds of Saint Pancras, Middlesex / by Frederick Teague Cansick.

College Gateway, Maidstone, Kent. Line engraving by H. Adlard after W.H. Bartlett.

Report on a general scheme of extramural sepulture for country towns / General Board of Health.

The entrance of Low Hill General Cemetery, Liverpool. Engraving by Robert Wallis after Thomas Allom.

Sir John Simon (?) in his role as the first Medical Officer of Health for the City of London putting pressure on the Corporation of London to act upon the pestilential conditions of the graveyards in the City. Lithograph by Bolus, 1851.

Auxerre, France: tomb of Paul Bert, covered with wreaths of flowers. Photograph.

La saison d'une peste : Avril-septembre 1590, le cimetière des Fédons à Lambesc (Bouches-du-Rhône) / sous la direction de Bruno Bizot, Dominique Castex, Patrick Reynaud[and others].

These silent mansions / Jean Sprackland.

People decorating the graves of their relatives in a cemetery in Italy for the celebration of All Souls. Gouache painting by Reginald Cleaver.