Dead Collection (page 13)

SIERRA LEONE UNDERTAKERS
Black humour : The premises of Bungie the undertaker, Sierra Leone, Africa. He is as ready to offer good advice to the living as he is to provide for the needs of the dead! Date: 1930s

ABBETOIR CARCASS
A dead animal carcass hanging in an abbetoir. Date: 1930s

THE SHRINE OF THE BOOK
The famous Shrine of the Book, a wing of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. It houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, the most exceptional archaeological find in the Holy Land. Date: completed 1965

Buying Rabbit Trade Markets Spain 1950s Old Women
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THE DAY'S CATCH
The Day's Catch - freshly caught pike in the front of a boat on the Norfolk Broads, England. Date: 1960s

BREAM CATCH
Bream, caught on Lough Forbes, County Longford, Northern Ireland. Date: 1960s

HARE STRUNG UP
A dead hare, strung up by its hind legs. Date: 1930s

Japan Soul Festival Religion 1737 Souls Japanese
japan, soul, festival, religion, 1737, souls, japanese, evening, march, cities, meet, dead, offer, victuals, history, historical, 10181524

PROUST DEAD PHOTO
MARCEL PROUST French writer on his deathbed Date: 1871 - 1922

HUGO DEAD PHOTO
VICTOR HUGO Victor Hugo n'est plus... - the poet on his deathbed. Date: 1802 - 1885

EMILE ZOLA DEAD
EMILE ZOLA French writer and supporter of Dreyfus, on his deathbed. Date: 1840 - 1902

WALLENSTEIN DEAD
The body of WALLENSTEIN, assassinated by agents of emperor Ferdinand II for being too ambitious, is contemplated by the astrologer Sent, who predicted some such event. Date: 1634

THE DEATH OF HEREWARD
HEREWARD THE WAKE And with a shout of Torfrida, which made the Bruneswald ring, he hurled the shield full in the Breton's face and fell forward, dead'. Date: 1072

IVAN TURGENEV DEAD
IVAN SERGEYEVICH TURGENEV Russian writer on his deathbed Date: 1818 - 1883

RABBITS FOR MARKET
Men loading dead rabbits, destined for a meat market, onto a goods train. Date: 1950s

LAKES OF EAST HEMISPHERE
A comparative view of & inland seas & principal lakes in the Eastern Hemisphere including Black, Caspian & Dead Seas & lakes Tchad, Como & Windermere. Date: 19th century

Hammersmith Ghost Paranormal Apparitions 1804
hammersmith, ghost, paranormal, apparitions, 1804, mysterious, figure, white, terrifies, populace, vigilantes, lie, wait, shoot, dead, thomas, milwood, millwood, bricklayer, dusty, clothing, led

Maeterlinck Bluebird Theatre Plays Oiseau Bleu
maeterlinck, bluebird, theatre, plays, oiseau, bleu, 1908, land, memory, children, meet, dead, grandparents, finding, quiet, happy, well, old, age, history, historical, 10172529

FARIES & DEAD CHILD 1922
They stole little Bridget, ...they thought that she was fast asleep, but was dead with sorrow...they have kept her ever since, watching till she wake... Date: 1922

EARTHQUAKE/PROVENCE/1909
Soldiers evacuate a dead body from the rubble of a street in the village of Rognes (South East France) after the 1909 earthquake. Date: June 1909

JOHN COLLINGTON: Ne-er-do-well & wife beater, poacher, hiring hitmen & getting others to menace his neighbours. Buried 6 of his dead children in the orchard to save money! Date: 1696/7 - 1750

SCHOOL FOR SKELETONS
A bizarre school for skeletons, with two skeletons playing a piano duet, one skeleton dunce on a chair in the corner and another skeleton carrying a basket! Date: early 1930s

MARAT DEAD
JEAN-PAUL MARAT French revolutionary statesman after his blood-bath Date: 1743-1793

JEAN-BAPTISTE MASSILLON (1663 - 1742), French churchman, bishop of Clermont, gave funeral oration for Louis XIV and other notable dead

Puss in Boots - the Ogre - Nursery Tale
The ogre glares at Puss in Boots as he bows and scrapes before him; a platter of dead babies and a calf's head stew are on the table Date: circa 1870

Fable English Fox Myth Fables La Fontaine Circa
fable, english, fox, myth, fables, la, fontaine, circa, 1870, cunning, hunted, men, dogs, hides, dead, foxes, birds, gallows, pass, unnoticed, night, death, animals, hunting, %unrestricted, the,

COUNTESS OF JERMYN
KATHERINE ISABELLA, countess of JERMYN (nee Manners) wife of Frederick Henry, earl of Jermyn (later second marquess of Bristol, but by that time this lady was dead.) Date: 1809 - 1848

PLAGUE OF LONDON 1665
Bodies are brought out of the city in carts and buried in pits dug for the purpose during the Great Plague of London Date: 1665

SAUL & WITCH OF ENDOR
Saul, king of Israel, consults the Witch of Endor to learn his destiny : the spirit of the dead Samuel reminds him of his shortcomings and foretells defeat and death for him

BIRTH CERTIFICATE 1914
A 1941 copy of a birth certificate from 1914. Alan Sanderson went missing presumed dead when his ship was sunk in World War Two. Date: 1941

DEMONS SEIZE DEAD SOUL
The soul of a recently deceased person is seized by demons who drag him down to Hell. Date: 16th century

ROYAL TOUR 1947
ROYAL TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA & RHODESIA: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth pay homage to the war dead at the Gate of Memory, near the Cenotaph, Gardiner Street, Durban. Date: 1947

WATERING THE WINE
The wine-merchant in his cellar at dead of night... 1905

HUNTING TIGER INDIA 1916
Three men and a dead tiger at Mohand, India. Date: 1916

GEOFFREY HOWE (1926 - )
GEOFFREY MP and Thatcher's longest serving cabinet minister. Became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1979. Made a life peer in 1992. Date: 1979

DOG AND DEAD BIRD
A dog nervously inspects a dead bird lying near its water bowl, outside its kennel. Date: mid 19th century

FAMILY GHOSTS
Family ghosts : the living and the dead, Date: 1918

JESUS REVIVES LAZARUS
He brings Lazarus back from the dead as a favour to his sisters Mary and Martha. Date: circa 1

JESUS'S SEPULCHRE
The three Marys at the sepulchre. : Behold, two men stood by them in shining garments, and they said, Why seek ye the living among the dead ? Date: circa 30

TENERIFE CAVES
TENERIFE : the sepulchral caves of the Guanches, where the dead are laid out or propped up. Date: circa 1780

Setter Dead Fox Hunting General 1889 Gordon Mouth
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CHAMOIS HUNTER
A Swiss hunter leans on his gun with which he has just shot the dead chamois which is slung across his shoulder. Date: circa 1840

Hogarth Tailpiece Art 1764 English Artistic Saplings
hogarth, tailpiece, art, 1764, english, artistic, saplings, thrive, foreign, exoticks, watered, monkey, connoisseur, stunted, trunnks, dead, beyond, revival, a, by, the, 10138885

MOONLIT CHURCHYARD
The full moon shines on a churchyard, encouraging the dead to rise from their graves and scare passing villagers till cockcrow sends them scurrying back... Date: circa 1870

LEAF INSECTS
There are 25 insects here, all mimicking foliage or such : the dead-leaf butterfly is in the centre : the leaf-like locust upper right, and there are various stick insects. Date: circa 1890

BROWNING / EVELYN HOPE
EVELYN HOPE (from Dramatis personae') Beautiful Evelyn Hope is dead... you will wake, & remember, & understand... Date: First published: 1855

CIVIL WAR/BLOODY LANE
The harvest of Bloody Lane': the scene after a day's fighting at Antietam. Date: September 1862

MARINER, HEARS VOICES
The Mariner slumped on deck amongst the bodies of his dead shipmates slowly awakens from his trance to hear the voices of two spirits Date: First published: 1798

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