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  • Modern cremation : its history and practice with information relating to the recently improved arrangements made by the Cremation Society of England / by Sir H. Thompson.
  • Nepal; cremation on the Baghmati river, 1986
  • Five cremation urns. Etching after J. Barbault.
  • The cremation of Hippias. Etching with engraving.
  • Japanese funeral customs: the cremation is carried out under a wooden awning. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • The funeral procession for a royal prince, and the cremation of a royal prince. Etching with engraving.
  • Cremation of a native American lying on a plank of wood above a fire; warning issued by the Californian Rural Indian Health Board to native Americans to practice safe sex. Colour lithograph.
  • Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): the funeral meru for the cremation of King Pinklao (second king), January 1866. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): the funeral meru for the cremation of King Pinklao (second king), January 1866. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): the funeral meru for the cremation of King Pinklao (second king), January 1866. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.