Corpse Collection (page 2)

Tryptich of the Virgin. The Pieta. By Rogier van der Weyden
Rogier van der Weyden (1400-1464). Flemish painter. Triptych of the Virgin. The Pieta (central table). Virgin Mary cradling dead body of Jesus with Saint John (left)

John Thomas Porcell (1528-ca. 1580). Spanish doctor
John Thomas Porcell (1528-ca.1580). Spanish doctor. Autopsy. Colored engraving

Egyptian skeleton
Human remains buried in a wicker coffin. 3000 BC. Old Kingdom or Early Dynastic Period. 1st Dynasty. From Tarkhan. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Spain. Limpias. Church of Saint Peter. Main altarpiece. Deta
Spain. Limpias. Church of Saint Peter. Main altarpiece. 1777. Rococo. Detail depicting Christ dead in the arms of the Virgin Mary. Pieta

Spain. La Rioja. Casalarreina. Monastery of Our Lady of Mercy. 16th century. Dominican Order. Church. Plateresque portico

British imperialism. Sudan. Africa. English army attacking. Colored engraving, 1898

Colonialism. Africa. Anglo-Egyptian troops fighting against the Sudanese army (1896-1898). Drawing by Wollen, 1898. Colored

Greek art. Attic krater painted with black figures representing an Homeric battle around the body of a dead warrior (possibly Patroclus). Found at Pharsala. Dated circa 530 BCE. Detail

The Mourning of Laszlo Hunyadi by Viktor Madarasz
Viktor Madarasz (1840-1917). The Mourning of Laszlo Hunyadi. 1859. Hungarian National Gallery. Budapest. Hungary

Lebanese wooden coffin, belonging to a priest
Egyptian Art. Lebanese wooden coffin, belonging to a priest. Dated around 25th and 26th Dynasties. Luxor Museum. Egypt

The end of the world and the Last Judgement. The graves were opened. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Dead militia men during the defence of Irun (September 1936). SPAIN. Madrid. Fundacion de Estudios Libertarios Anselmo Lorenzo (FAL)

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Illustration by Carlos Saenz de Tejada. Drawing

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Burying a body, France
Three grave diggers inter a corpse in a cemetery

Corpses of Russian soldiers, Brzostek cemetery, WW1
Corpses of Russian soldiers at Brzostek cemetery, Galicia (now in Poland), on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1917

Explorer Sealife Giant Fish Corpse Pregnant Saw
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Cremation on the bnaks of the Ganges - Benares
Benares, India - Cremation area on banks of the Ganges. Bodies wrapped in cloth await the ceremonial burning at the waters edge. circa 1920s

Dead Religious Fanatic Loosewala
This card dates from the conclusion of the third Anglo-Afghan war of 1919. The body of a dead Loosewala, shot near West Ridge Barracks, Rawalpindi, Punjab. Date: 1921

Turkish Hearse - Dead soldier
Dead Turkish soldier (very rare to see the face exposed like this) - on a horse-drawn hearse, returning his body from the battlefield. A number of his comrades in arms stand behind

Searching a body; Paris Commune 1871
A soldier searching a corpse for coins to place over the dead man's eyes, during the Paris Commune

The Deposition. Bassano, Jacopo (Jacopo da Ponte) (1510-1592), Oil on canvas, 154 x 225

RUSSIA MOSCOW
Russians queuing at Lenin's mausoleum in Red Square to pay their respects to his corpse on the first anniversary of his death. Date: 1925

ENGLISH FUNERAL PICART
Part of the custom of death in England in the Georgian period. The corpse dressed in a shroud & laid-out in a body- shaped coffin. Mourners take sprigs of Rosemary. Date: 1737

SAINT PRISCA, a Roman virgin and martyr, may have been the wife of Aquila. Thrown to the lions, one licked her feet, and after her death her corpse was guarded by an eagle. Date: 3rd century

VISITING FRENCH MORGUE
An assortment of visitors to a French morgue: a soldier in uniform and a mother and her son. A caretaker leans against the barrier smoking, unaffected by the corpses. Date: 1816

Cartoon, Disenchantment, WW1
Cartoon, Disenchantment. The old ones are no fun, they die too quickly, muses a German U-boat commander. Date: 1916

King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth
Richard III's corpse is carried on horseback after the battle of Bosworth Date: 1485

UNDERTAKER'S MEN
Undertakers men pack a corpse into its coffin Date: 1889

JEWISH FUNERAL
EUROPEAN JEWS bury their dead, those who attend the funeral throw mould upon the corpse (probably at Amsterdam) Date: 1737

JAPANESE CREMATION
A corpse is cremated while family and friends look on Date: circa 1860

CHINESE FUNERAL CUSTOM
The corpse is provided with a passport to ensure his easy entry into the next world : this is burned at the time of his funeral Date: 1915

LYING IN STATE, ENGLAND
A dead person's shrouded corpse lies open for all to see, while servants offer food and drink to sustain the grieving mourners Date: 1737

BURIAL IN CATACOMBS
An early Christian burial in the catacombs of Rome Date: 1st century

NOT AS DEAD AS HE SEEMED
An old man is brought into Roubaix Hospital, appearing to be dead from cold. A nun tidies the supposed corpse when he comes back to life, to her astonishment Date: 1924

EXPOSED CORPSE
Coyotes gather excitedly at the foot of a Native American funeral platform, on which the corpse is exposed to the elements Date: 1850

WELLINGTON FUNERAL CAR
The funeral car which carried the corpse of the Duke of Wellington to its final resting-place in St Paul's cathedral, London. Date: 17 November 1852

ROMAN FUNERAL
A Roman funeral procession carries the dead man's corpse to the funeral pyre, where the widow stabs herself to the alarm of her friends ; note the weeping mourners Date: circa 1st century

ANGEL WITH CORPSE
An Angel of Death raises a female corpse from its grave and carries it heavenward Date: late 19th century

MYTH/ILIAD/SARPEDON
Sarpedon's corpse carried away by Sleep and Death

POPE FORMOSUS
FORMOSUS, pope 891-896 A year of his death his corpse was exhumed and put on trial by his successor, Stephanus VI, who was strangled for his lack of respect Date: 897

SLEEP AND DEATH
Death as perceived by the Ancient Greeks : the corpse of the Trojan hero Sarpedon, son of Zeus, is borne from the battlefield by Sleep and Death Date: mid-13th century BC

HAND OF GLORY
THE HAND OF GLORY - the hand cut from a dead man's corpse, soaked in oil, and used as a magic torch by robbers because its light was visible only to the carrier Date: 1829

VERDI/MASNADIERI FINALE
(The Robbers) The corpse-strewn finale of this somewhat unsuccessful opera based on Schiller's play Die Rauber Date: first performed 1847

Elaine Corpse Legend Myth England Arthurian Lily
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ETHIOPIAN DEATH RITE
When a man of the GALLA people of ETHIOPIA dies, his sins must be washed away with the blood of a sacrificed cow, poured over his corpse before the grave is filled in Date: 1898

Francisco Javier, miracle at Travancore, India
Francisco Javier (or Xavier) (1506-1552), Spanish Jesuit missionary in Asia. Seen here as a missionary at Travancore, India -- to convince people of God's power

Corpse on funeral pyre, cremation, Calcutta, India, c1870 s

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