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Book of the Dead or Papyrus of Any. ca. 1275 BC. 19th Dynasty. Scene from the dead judgement before the presence of Osiris. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Painting. UNITED KINGDOM. London
The Burial of Atala by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767-1824). Atala is an early novella by Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand, first published in 1801
The Witchs Frolic by Alfred BestallThe witchs frolic, taking place on Hallowe en, the date when Saman, Lord of Death
The Great Sacrifice by James Clark, WW1The Great Sacrifice by James Clark, originally published in the 1914 Christmas number of The Graphic
Smithfield MarketThe vast interior of Smithfield meat market, with carcasses hanging from hooks all down the central aisle
Papyrus of Ani (Book of the Dead) - The Judgement(Above) -Twelve Gods seated in Order, as judges before a table of offerings. (Below) - The Psychostasia of Weighing of the Conscience of Ani
Freya in her ChariotIn Scandinavian mythology, the Goddess of love, marriage and the dead. She was the wife of Odin, and is the counterpart of Venus, and is sometimes identified as Frigg
Map of Palestine and the Holy Land - all places named in their Latin form. Date: 1806
Odin and HoundsOdin (Wodan), Scandinavian supreme god of the dead etc with his hounds Hugin, Munin, Geri and Freki, fierce enough but they will not save him from the wolf Fenrir
Scottish Deerhound, guarding a dead deer Date: 20th century
Thomas ChattertonTHOMAS CHATTERTON The young English poet lies dead, having taken arsenic
Book of the Dead Plate 3The weighing of Anis conscience by Anubis : Thoth notes the result - Anemit waits to devour him if guilty (which he is not)
Charge of Light BrigadeThe charge of the Light Brigade Cardigan in action
Lions and Dead Quagga, by Thomas BainesLions and Dead Quagga, Vultures and Adjutants, Zululand, by Thomas Baines (1820-1875). (3 of 5) Date: 1874
Ossuary Chapel of skulls - Valletta, Malta - destroyed by a bomb during World War II. Date: circa 1910s
MANTEGNA, Andrea (1431-1506). The Lamentation over the Dead Christ. ca. 1490. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Tempera. ITALY. Milan. Pinacotheca of Brera
A gamekeeper and the bag of a days shooting Date: circa 1910s
Assassination of Sir Curzon WyllieThe assassination of Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie (1848-1909), an official of the British Indian government, at the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, London
Hunting Series (1 of 5) - Deer Stalking - returning with the spoils
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939) shown in the late 1860s with a pet dog. Louise was the fourth daughter and sixth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Saint George / Byam ShawSAINT GEORGE " What Every Johnnie Bull Knows" drawn by Byam Shaw depicting a rather vicious looking St. George and a very dead dragon
Weighing of the HeartAni, recently dead, is judged in the Underworld where his heart is weighed
Odin Drinks at MimirOdin (Wodan), Scandinavian supreme god of the dead etc acquires his wisdom by drinking at the fountain of Mimir
Book of the Dead / 34Scene of the sepulchral chamber : the mummy guarded by Anubis, Isis kneels at the foot and Nephthys at the head - four children of Horus at each corner
Judgement Day / OsirisJudgement of the dead before Osiris in the Underworld
Hoffmann / Augustus / SoupTHE STORY OF AUGUSTUS WHO WOULD NOT HAVE ANY SOUP "...& on the fifth day he was dead!"
Saint MichaelSAINT MICHAEL, the warrior angel, has weighed the devil in his scales and found him wanting; so now he raises his sword to slay him. Alas, Satan will not stay dead
The Morning Lady Dedlock is found dead by the gates of the cemetery in which Captain Hawdon lies buried
Soldiers Relaxing Ww1Sikh and English soldiers in the British army enjoy a relaxed time chatting and playing a game of cards
Mariner, WatersnakesThe Mariner, the dead albatross slung round his neck, watches the sea snakes and blesses them as living things in his desolate world
Book of the Dead / 28The coot, the lotus, and the god who lightens the darkness, illustrating transformations
Wellington reorganizes his defence - Battle of Waterloo7pm - June 18, 1815. The Duke of Wellington reorganizes his central defence after the loss of La Haye Sainte. At the same time, The Prussians once again regain control of Plancenoit
Fame Visits the Heroic Unknown DeadFame hovers over a makeshift grave on the former Western Front choosing an unknown soldier to be buried in Westminster Abbey in the tomb of the unknown warrior
Dickens / M. ChuzzlewitThe Life & Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Sarah (Sairey) Gamp, midwife, nurse and layer out of the dead, wearing an apron and a bonnet
Oxford V Cambridge 1877(L) Danger Ahead (R) At Barnes Race which had a controversial dead heat finish
Satirical cartoon on German army recruitment, WW1A satirical cartoon by the German artist George Grosz on German army recruitment, showing a doctor examining a decaying skeleton to see if it is fit for military service
RAF Belize - No. 1417 Flight RAF July 1990 informalRAF Belize - No.1417 Flight RAF, July 1990 informal photograph. Taken at Foxy-Golf hide on Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport, Ladyville, Belize
Publication on the death of Queen Victoria 1901Front cover reporting on the death of Her Majesty Queen Victoria in The Queen, The Ladys Newspaper & Court Chronicle, dated 26 January 1901, four days after her death
King George V shooting Tigers in India from a howdah - 1911. Date: 1911
Southern Railway RatcatcherOfficial Rat catcher for Southern Railway with Terriers and quarry. Date: 1924
Two dead birds hanging upside down -- A Brace of BirdsTwo dead birds hanging upside down, entitled A Brace of Birds
City of Living DeadCITY OF THE LIVING DEAD (L Manning and F Pratt) Virtual reality foreseen : these sleepers choose to live adventures transmitted to them by sensory control
Religion / Egypt / Menqet 2The provider of food for the living and the dead - she holds two pots to prove it
Odysseus & TiresiasOdysseus descends to the Kingdom of the Dead, thanks to lavish sacrifices, to consult the prophet Tiresias
Book of the Dead / 12Ani and his wife pass the Seven Gates and Ten Pylons and follow priest in a panther- skin
Book of the Dead / 11Ani and his wife approach the Seven Gates of Arit, the 10 pylons of Osiris
Book of the Dead Plate 2INVOCATION TO OSIRIS Ani and his wife make offerings; Isis and Nephthys (sisters of Osiris) kneel in adoration to Tat, symbol of Osiris on Solar Mount
Book of the Dead / Plate 4PAPYRUS OF ANI The dead Ani, judged innocent, is presented by Horus to Osiris. He kneels with whitened hair
Hermanville War Cemetery FranceTwo small children walk hand in hand past the gravestones of Hermanville War Cemetery, Normandy, France. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988
Perov, Vasily (1833-1882). Seeing-off of the dead man. 1865. Oil on canvas. RUSSIA. Moscow. Tretyakov Gallery
Spain. Valley of the Fallen (Valle de los Caidos). 1940-1958. Monumental memorial dedicated by the Franco regime to the dead of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
Scapegoat Holman Hunt Pre Raphaelite Dead SeaScapegoat, Holman, Hunt, Pre, Raphaelite, Dead, Sea, Symbolism, history, historical, 10804576
World Record Broadbill Swordfish Catalina Island, CaliforniaWorld Record Broadbill Swordfish - Catalina Island, California, USA. Weighting a whopping 571lb (before the addition of a small child!). Date: 1930s
Dead Mans HandleA dead mans handle is a switch that is automatically operated in case the human operator becomes incapacitated. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
EMBALMINGEgyptians embalming their dead with strips of fine linen smeared with gum. In the foreground there are three jars for the organs of the body
Japanese Giant CarpIn a Japanese legend, O Tsuru sees a giant carp, dead, washed up on the shore of Lake Biwa : it is a monster that eats dogs, cats and even swimming people
Writing from Bk of DeadChapter 78 (continued) of the Book of the Dead
Britannia and CetewayoRetribution : Britannia seizes the Zulu chief Cetewayo round the neck, in a landscape dominated by the dead bodies of both British soldiers and Zulus
Hammersmith GhostA mysterious figure in white terrifies the populace, so vigilantes lie in wait and shoot dead Thomas Milwood, a bricklayer whose dusty clothing led to the error
Michaelmas GooseYou are invited to admire this dead goose before it is plucked and prepared for your Michaelmas feast
Ww1 Wife with MedalIn a suburban home in the south of London a war widow observes the two minutes silence by reverent contemplation of her dead husbands medal
Parsee Tower of SilenceThe Parsees (= Persians) (worshippers of Zoroaster) flee Muslim persecution in Persia and settle in India; their dead are exposed naked on these Towers of Silence
HEAVEN AS A GARDENHeaven depicted as a walled garden, with the Virgin Mary reading a book, saints, an angel, a monkey and a dead dragon Date: 15th century
Burial of De Soto on the MississippiSpanish soldiers lower the wrapped body of Hernando De Soto into the Mississippi River. A soldier holds a torch as a priest reads from the Bible
Emperor Napoleon lying in state: crowds at ChislehurstThe exiled Emperor Napoleon lying in state: the crowd at the gate of his home in Chislehurst, England. Date: January 1873
Newfoundland, Canada - Hunting Caribou. Date: 1902
Military honours for dead of R101French homage to Britains dead in the great airship R101 disaster: the moving final scene at Beauvais - Spahis saluting the coffins, borne on French artillery wagons
Not dead yet. Illustration shows the British Lion confronting two vultures labeled France and Russia who have come to see if the lion, labeled England, is dead. Date 1900 January 17. Not dead yet
Mel Roy on the stage mid-nite, spook party talking skulls, spirit slate writing, spirit table raising, ghosts from the dead. Date ca. 1935
Match Girl (Hey) 1921The little match girl, dead of cold, is carried by an angel to heaven, where it is warmer without going to the extreme of the other place
Surtees / Handley CrossOr Mr Jorrockss Hunt ; Jorrocks with the dead fox
Mariner, Seraph-BandThe angelic spirits leave the dead bodies of the sailors: This seraph-band, each waved his hand: It was a heavenly sight!
POSTER FOR TOSCA 1900The first production, at Romes Teatro Costanzi on 14 January 1900, is received coolly by many critics, but is a resounding success with the audience and the public
Lincoln Funeral ProcessThe body of the dead president Lincoln is carried through the streets of Washington, to general if not universal mourning
Book of the Dead / 351. Anis occupations in the Elysian fields between rivers of water 2. A Hall in which Ani adores Ra between two alters
Bluebottle maggotsNumerous bluebottle fly maggots or larvae feeding on carrion
Postcard, Woman and dog feeling lonely - The roses are dead, the sunshine has fled since we lost you. Date: 1914-1918
Tomb of Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton. Date: 1882
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 88th Quatrain. Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make. Date: 1909
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Edgar Linton had his head laid on the pillow, and his eyes shut. Edgar at Catherine's deathbed. Illustration by Edmund Dulac. Date: 1922
Orpheus and Eurydice - Edmund DulacOrpheus realises he has lost his love Eurydice to the underworld. Date: 1935
ILN cover - the end of MahdismThe end of Mahdism - the dead Yakur and his followers beside the Khalifa's black flag