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A delegation laying a wreath on the coffin of David Livingstone after its arrival in Southampton. Wood engraving by H. Harral after G. Durand.
Durand, Godefroy, 1832-1896.Reference: 46754i- Pictures
Mourners and pall-bearers accompanying the coffin of a recently deceased man to the burial ground. Watercolour painting, 18--.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 728730iPart of: Funeral in Japan: watercolours- Pictures
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Jacob Wainwright sitting next to the coffin of David Livingstone on board ship. Wood engraving by J. Nash, after a photograph.
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A coffin containing the body of Moll Hackabout surrounded by a parson and other so-called mourners. Engraving after William Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Reference: 38337iPart of: Harlot's progress- Pictures
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A crowd of spectators wait as Tom Idle is driven in a cart with his coffin to his place of execution and the gallows. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1795.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 1 July 1795Reference: 38377iPart of: Industry and idleness- Pictures
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Left, a choir singing mass for a deceased placed before them in a coffin; right, monks ringing bells in a belfry. Pen and ink drawing.
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The body of Earl Ferrers, displayed upright in his coffin at the Royal College of Surgeons. Engraving by Valois.
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A burning cigarette, of which the ash at the burning end turns into people carrying the coffin of a smoker. Colour lithograph after V. Volkov and A. Marchenko, 1988.
Volkov, V.Date: 1988Reference: 541299i- Pictures
Two men carrying an open coffin surrounded by armed men.
Date: [1547]Reference: 3335830i- Pictures
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The body of Earl Ferrers, displayed upright in his coffin at the Royal College of Surgeons. Engraving.
Reference: 38392i- Pictures
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Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including Napoleon III on horseback with a smiling Queen Victoria, a flag-draped coffin, and a battle. Coloured lithograph, [c.1867?].
Date: 1866Reference: 46311i- Pictures
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The coffin of W.E. Gladstone lying in state in Westminster Hall, attended by five men praying. Drawing by G.B. Scott after A. Kemp Tebby, 1898.
Tebby, Arthur Kemp, 1866-1957.Date: 1898Reference: 571922i- Pictures
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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.
Guercino, 1591-1666.Reference: 44269i- Pictures
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A procession of publicans and a beggar following the coffin of Madam Geneva; attacking the Act preventing distillers from retailing or selling gin to unlicensed premises. Engraving, 1751.
Date: 29 September 1751Reference: 25932i- Pictures
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A funeral procession of elderly women with cats in their arms, following the coffin of a dead cat, in a churchyard. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Pettit after E.G. Byron, 1789.
Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792.Date: 10 April 1789Reference: 563070i- Pictures
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The dissecting room of an anatomist, with a man thought to be dead waking up and sitting up in his coffin. Drawing, 183- (?).
Date: [between 1830 and 1839?]Reference: 562981i- Pictures
A woman who has chopped and sawed up a body on a table stands by a coffin; a black hill looms beyond. Watercolour by G. Bonwick, 1966.
Bonwick, Gillian, active approximately 1966.Date: 29.3.66 [29 March 1966]Reference: 2913485iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
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Four Muslims carrying a coffin for burial at the mosque preceded by two men reading from a holy book. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 575459i- Pictures
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Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including Napoleon III, a weeping man beside a child's [?] coffin, an assassination [?], and a battle in America. Coloured lithograph, [c.1869?].
Date: 1869Reference: 46312i- Pictures
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Clerics and military men surrounding the open coffin of Napoleon Bonaparte. Lithograph by J. Arnout after V.J. Adam.
Adam, Victor, 1801-1866.Reference: 46711i- Pictures
A woman mourning over the coffin of a child, representing syphilis as an hereditary disease of children to be combatted by women. Lithograph, 1925.
Date: [1925]Reference: 466133i- Pictures
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Nuns and mourning women lamenting the death of a man laid out in an open coffin. Coloured stipple engraving by A.J. Lallemand after F. Gonin after Cominotti.
Cominotti, Giuseppe, 1792-1833.Reference: 44244i- Pictures
A procession of publicans and a beggar following the coffin of Madam Geneva; attacking the Act preventing distillers from retailing or selling gin on unlicensed premises. Copper engraving plate, 1751.
Date: 1751Reference: 578558i- Pictures
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Mourners attending a burial where the coffin is about to be lowered into the ground. Stipple engraving by N. Schiavonetti after R. Westall, 1812.
Westall, Richard, 1765-1836.Date: 25 March 1812Reference: 44192i- Pictures
A horse's hoof: dissection showing the sensitive laminae attached to the coffin bone. Colour wood (?) engraving by G. Kirtland after himself, ca. 1800.
Kirtland, George, active 1796-1815.Date: [1802]Reference: 570265i