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Annual report 1953 / Banstead Hospital, Sutton, Surrey.
Banstead Hospital. Hospital Management Committee.Date: [1954?]- Pictures
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The refurbishment (or building) of a Lock Hospital; men with various ailments are stepping out of Pandora's box; a rich, smiling, doctor drives by in a carriage. Coloured etching by T. Williamson, 1802.
Williamson, Thomas, active approximately 1801 - approximately 1825.Date: 1 July 1802Reference: 35154i- Pictures
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A funeral procession following a deceased bishop layed out on a bier into a parish hall. Coloured etching by F. Ferrari, 1820.
Ferrari, Ferdinando, active 1820-1843.Date: 1820Reference: 44237i- Pictures
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A man with closed eyes walking into a skeletal death figure, a group of anxious undertakers run after them. Coloured etching by R. Newton, 1794, after himself.
Newton, Richard, 1777-1798.Date: 20Reference: 11909i- Pictures
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A group of Greek women lamenting and mourning the dead at a burial site in Rama. Engraving possibly by B. Picart, ca. 1733.
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733.Reference: 44226i- Books
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Annual reports for the years 1949 and 1950 : Exminster Hospital, Digby Hospital, Wonford Hospital / Devon Mental Hospital Management Committee.
Devon Mental Hospital Management Committee.Date: [1950?]- Pictures
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A congregation of Russian mourners preparing a corpse for burial. Engraving with etching by B. Picart, 1732.
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733.Date: 1732Reference: 44225i- Pictures
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A funeral procession carrying the corpse of an unmarried girl layed out on a bier through a village. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and G. Dura after G. Dura, 1851.
Dura, Gaetano.Date: 1851Reference: 44238i- Books
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The art of dying well : Deuided into tvvo books. / Written by Roberto Bellarmine of the Society of Iesus, and Cardinall. ; Translated into English for the benefit of our countreymen, by C.E. of the same Society.
Bellarmino, Roberto Francesco Romolo, Saint, 1542-1621Date: [1621]- Pictures
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Various rites and cermonies for the burial of a pope, including the catafalque during the funeral and the funeral procession. Engraving by B Picart, 1724.
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733.Date: 1724Reference: 44257i- Pictures
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The burial of those who drowned in a river on the Scilly Isles. Wood engraving.
Reference: 44333i- Pictures
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A man is forced to kneel before an "iron maiden" in a dungeon in Nuremberg. Lithograph by F. Perlberg, 1863.
Perlberg, Friedrich (Fredy), 1848-1921.Date: 1863Reference: 43422i- Books
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Annual report of the Devon Mental Hospital Management Committee for the year 1951 : Exminster Hospital, Digby Hospital, Wonford Hospital.
Devon Mental Hospital Management Committee.Date: [1952?]- Pictures
Two men placing the shrouded corpse which they have just disinterred into a sack while Death, as a nightwatchman holding a lantern, grabs one of the grave-robbers from behind. Coloured drawing by T. Rowlandson, 1775.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 1755Reference: 25772i- Pictures
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The crypt of Bow church, containing coffins of London fever victims. Wood engraving by Laing after J. Brown.
Brown, John, active 1848-1864.Reference: 38323i- Books
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The second annual report of the North Wales Mental Hospital Management Committee for the period 1st January - 31st December, 1950.
North Wales Mental Hospital Management Committee.Date: [1951?]- Pictures
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Rome: people praying at a catafalque in a church for the souls in purgatory. Coloured lithograph by F. Villain after A.J.-B. Thomas, 1823.
Thomas, Antoine Jean-Baptiste, 1791-1834.Date: [1823]Reference: 44243i- Pictures
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The mummified body of the Emperor Charles V in the Escorial. Photograph of a painting by V. Palmaroli y González.
Palmaroli y González, Vicente, 1834-1896.Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]Reference: 664511i- Pictures
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Left, an "iron maiden" with its doors secured; middle, a blindfolded prisoner is forced to kneel down before the "iron maiden" in a dungeon; right, an "iron maiden" with its doors open. Etching.
Reference: 43421i- Pictures
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A doctor, straddled by a skeleton, holds a full purse in his hands; signifying that he lives well off others' deaths. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann.
Reference: 16059i- Pictures
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A drunken man at home with his starving and ruined family. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1847Reference: 25966iPart of: The bottle- Pictures
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A gin shop: an elegant young woman is selling gin to a group of paupers who are standing in a mantrap; the walls decorated with coffins; Death enters the room dressed as a nightwatchman. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1829.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1 November 1829Reference: 578909iPart of: Scraps and sketches depicting scenes of British life.- Pictures
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Monks carrying a corpse in a religious funeral procession, passers-by pay respect. Coloured aquatint.
Date: 2 October 1846Reference: 17324i- Pictures
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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.
Spilberg, Gabriel, active 1590-1620.Reference: 44216i- Pictures
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A doctor, straddled by a skeleton, holds a full purse in his hands; signifying that he lives well off others' deaths. Coloured engraving.
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