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  • A man suffering from dropsy dictating his will while a physician takes his pulse, he is surrounded by his wife and friends. Engraving.

    Reference
    21623i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Note on Dr. Max Schur's comments on grief and mourning in infancy and early childhood / John Bowlby.

    • Bowlby, John.
    Date
    [1961?]
    • Books
  • An old woman dying with her hand held by her daughter; two men, with impaired limbs, pay their last respects. Colour stipple print by E. & M.A. Scott after T. Stothard.

    • Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834.
    Reference
    17216i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

    • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.
    Date
    1738
    Reference
    23215i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.

    • Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546.
    Date
    [1542?]
    Reference
    23028i
    • Pictures
  • A man and a boy contemplating gravestones in a cemetery. Line engraving by J.M. Delattre after J.H. Ramberg.

    • Ramberg, Johann Heinrich, 1763-1840.
    Reference
    44395i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • The nature of grief : the evolution and psychology of reactions to loss / John Archer.

    • Archer, John, 1944-
    Date
    1999
    • Books
  • Christ is laid into a tomb. Lithograph by M. Fanoli after E.R. Wehnert, 1849.

    • Wehnert, Edward Henry, 1813-1868.
    Date
    1 June 1849
    Reference
    23239i
    • Pictures
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  • 1in4zines. No. 3, Grief trigger (the exception) / lucysullivanuk.com.

    • Sullivan, Lucy
    Date
    2018
    • Books
  • The body of Saint Bruno is laid out in state and surrounded by mourning Carthusian monks. Etching with engraving after E. Le Sueur.

    • Le Sueur, Eustache, 1616-1655.
    Reference
    44180i
    • Pictures
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  • The disenfranchised : stories of life and grief when an ex-spouse dies / edited by Peggy Sapphire, MS Counselor, commentary by Shirley Scott.

    • Sapphire, Peggy.
    Date
    [2013]
    • Books
  • Mary enters her Dormition holding a candle, surrounded by the apostles. Engraving.

    Reference
    21251i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • The funeral of Mrs Susannah Wesley at Bunhill Fields, the Methodist cemetery. Mezzotint by S. Gimber, 1865, after D. Woolstenhome.

    • Woolstenholme, Dean, 1757-1837.
    Date
    R. Owen jnr
    Reference
    544363i
    • Pictures
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  • Chasing hope : a mother's story of loss, heartbreak and the miracle of hope / a memoir by Amy Daws.

    • Daws, Amy
    Date
    [2014]
    • Books
  • 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 1812
    Reference
    44192i
    • Pictures
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  • Christ is wrapped in a linen sheet and prepared for entombment. Mezzotint by C.H. Hodges, 1788, after F. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.

    • Parmigianino, 1503-1540.
    Date
    Jany. 1st. 1788
    Reference
    23258i
    • Pictures
  • The three holy women take spices to the tomb of Christ; an angel is waiting there. Etching by J.B. Patas after J.B. Wicar after P. da Cortona.

    • Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669.
    Reference
    23282i
    • Pictures
  • A surgeon tending a woman who has just fainted after bloodletting; she is supported by female members of her family. Engraving by Garlieb after Eglon Hendrik van der Neer.

    • Neer, Eglon van der, 1635 or 1636-1703.
    Reference
    23467i
    • Pictures
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  • Getting grief right : finding your story of love in the sorrow of loss / Patrick O'Malley, PhD with Tim Madigan.

    • O'Malley, Patrick
    Date
    2017
    • Books
  • The year of magical thinking / Joan Didion.

    • Didion, Joan.
    Date
    [2005], ©2005
    • Books
  • One & other. Oliver Jackson pre-plinth interview.

    • Gormley, Antony.
    Date
    2009
    • Audio
    • Online
  • The deposition of Christ from the cross; the holy women mourn. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Massari.

    • Massari, Lucio, 1569-1633.
    Reference
    11770i
    Part of
    La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Christ's body is carried to its tomb. Etching after Raphael, 1506-7.

    • Raphael, 1483-1520.
    Reference
    23221i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Coping with bereavement / Hamish McIlwraith.

    • McIlwraith, Hamish
    Date
    [1998]
    • Books
  • Christ's body is carried to its tomb; lamenting followers stand watching. Line engraving by C.J. Visscher after A. Dürer.

    • Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.
    Reference
    23220i
    • Pictures
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