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  • A man in a state of grief. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Six faces expressing the passions: (clockwise from top left) joy, fear, pity, scorn, anger, and grief. Engraving by Silvester, 1807.
  • Seneca preparing his own death: he begs his wife to temper her grief. Etching by J.F.P. Peyron, ca. 1773.
  • A mother cries in grief while comforting her dying daughter, who holds a rosebud with falling petals. Coloured lithograph by J. Bouvier.
  • Christ's body is carried to its tomb; Mary faints in grief. Chiaroscuro woodcut by A. Andreani, 1585, after R. Motta da Reggio.
  • Socrates, preparing to kill himself, urges his grieving friends and students to moderate their grief. Engraving by J.F.P. Peyron, 1790.
  • A young man weeps in grief by the death bed of a young woman. Line engraving by J. Brown, 1846, after J. Barker.
  • A standing nude female figure bowing her head in her hands in an attitude of grief. Engraving by Defehrt after C.N. Cochin.
  • People crowd around a dying person's bed in grief while final rites are being read. Stipple engraving by N. Schiavonetti, 1812, after R. Westall.
  • A grief-stricken widower holds his child while the spirit of its mother, seen only by the child, descends to impart her blessing to the father. Drawing.