Funeral Collection (page 7)

BOOK OF THE DEAD PLATE 5
Funeral procession : the mummy on a boat-shaped hearse drawn by oxen, the mourning wife kneels beside, a priest officiates in front and mourners follow behind

CAESAR'S FUNERAL PYRE
The funeral of Julius Caesar divides loyalties among the Roman people Date: 15 March 44 BC

Charles Darwin's funeral 1882
The funeral of Charles Darwin, Westminster Abbey. 1882

Neolithic funeral and interment
A funeral, with interment in a long barrow, during the Neolithic (Stone Age) era. Date: circa 3000 BC

Funeral of Edward VII, with favourite dog
The funeral of King Edward VII, with his favourite dog Caesar and horse following behind. 1910

Japanese funeral procession
A Japanese funeral procession. Date: 16th century

Making funeral wreaths in a factory
Making funeral wreaths, France. Date: 1899

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Jewish Funeral Custom
Jewish custom of walking seven times round a dead person Date: 1820

Sailors taking fragments of the flag from HMS Victory at Nelsons funeral in St Paul s
Sailors taking fragments of the flag from HMS Victory at Nelsons funeral in St Pauls Cathedral, London, 9 January 1806. Date: 1806

Funeral of General Simon Fraser, 8 October 1777, the day after the Battle of Saratoga during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Date: 1777

Comic postcard, Two men chatting at a funeral Date: 20th century

People around a cremation funeral pyre, India
Vintage 19th century photograph: group of people around a cremation funeral pyre, India

Cremation of a Burmese Buddhist monk, pongyi
Vintage 19th century photograph: cremation of a Burmese Buddhist monk or pongyi on an elaborate funeral pyre, fire. See our other images of different stages of the process

Funeral prcession, Cairo, Egypt
Vintage 19th century photograph: funeral prcession, Cairo, Egypt

Naval funeral, probably Weihaiwei, China, c. 1900
Vintage photograph: burial, naval funeral, probably Weihaiwei, now Weihai China, c.1900

Arab funeral procession, Cairo, Egypt, c. 1880 s
Arab funeral procession, Cairo, Egypt, c.1880 s

View along the ghats, Benares (Varanasi), India, c. 1880 s
View along the ghats, Benares (Varanasi), India, c.1880s The ghats or steps along the Ganges allow devout Hindus to reach the holy water of the river

c. 1880s Italy - Brotherhood of Mercy - funeral
c.1880s Italy - Fratelli di Nostra Signora della Misericordia - FDM - Brotherhood of Mercy - funeral

c. 1880s Japan - Japanese funeral procession
c.1880s Japan - Japanese funeral procession

Homecoming of martyred Dublin officers: Londons tribute to victims of Sinn Fein murderers. Date: 1920

Unveiling of Cenotaph, War Memorial 1920
George V seen standing close to the newly rebuilt Cenotaph in Whitehall, London at 11 oclock. As Big Ben begins to chime, the king presses the electric button releasing the two Union Jacks which

Making a vessel of smoke for a dead Empress: burning the boat designed to carry the spirit of the late Empress Dowager Cixi of China across the river separating it from the heavenly Nirvana

Built to be burnt: a u7500 boat for a Chinese funeral. Sending a boat up in smoke for a
Built to be burnt: a 7500 boat for a Chinese funeral. Sending a boat up in smoke for an Empresss spiritual use. A rite performed in Peking (now Beijing)

Pilgrimage past the Unknown Warrior, 1920
Mourners visiting the grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey, London. A British soldier who was killed on a European battlefield during the First World War. 1920

Unknown Warrior procession through London 1920
Various photographs of the Unknown Warrior travelling through the centre of London with crowds of people watching. 11th November 1920

Unknown warrior - journey from Boulogne to London 1920
Various photographs of photographs showing the journey of the Unknown Warrior from Boulogne, France to Westminster Abbey, London. 1920

Margaret Finchs cottage
View of Margaret Finchs cottage on Gipsy Hill in 1808. She was called Queen of the Gypsies. She died in 1740 and was buried at Beckenham Parish Church where she had for many years sat at the Lych

Kensal Green Cemetary
The cemetary was consecrated in January 1833 by Charles James Blomfield, the Bishop of London, receiving its first funeral the same month. Date: 1875

The Funeral, the Charity Children and Highgate Tunnel. Two children mourning their mother in a funeral procession 73, parish beadles leading a parade of children from a charity school 74

Charing Cross, Carlton House and the Quadrant, Regent Street. Statue of King Charles I by Le Sueur at Charing Cross 70, Carlton House by architect Henry Holland demolished in 1826 71

Scenes from Guinea, Africa, 1820
The palace of the King of Dahomey at Abomey 37, an African man hiding a fetish 38, and people of Whydah worshipping a huge snake 39. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

Family offering a candle at the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Extremadura, Spain. A man holds a baby, while a woman in veil kneels in prayer with a rosary. Monastery of Santa Maria of Guadalupe

Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great and son Otto II, 961. Paolo Giovio and Conte Giulini, enemies of Frederick Barbarossa 2, and mosaic of the Palace of Theodoric, King of the Goths, in Ravenna

The marriage of Penelope and Ulysses. Nozze di Penelope e di Ulisse. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Roberto Freschi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Roman cinerary urn and vase. Two marble cinerary urns found in ancient tombs in Siena 1, 2, and marble urn with pedestal and figure of lion attacking a bull 3. After Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Roman funeral rites for the dead. The parents and family of the deceased surround the bed, the father and mother seated and veiled in grief. Lutto domestico per una defunta

Roman wedding ceremony. Bride and groom hold hands embraced by the goddess Juno Pronuba, while two cupids fly above with garland and foliage

Five-story funeral pyre for a Roman Emperor in Rome
Five-story funeral pyre for a Roman Emperor in flames, Rome. The pyramid is decorated with garlands and statues, crowned with a figure on a quadriga, four-horse chariot

Portrait of Roman Emperor Constantius I
Roman Emperor Constantius I, 250-306. Marcus Flavius Valerius Constantius Herculius Augustus, commonly known as Constantius Chlorus

The British Valhalla -- William the Conqueror (his funeral and burial), a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes. Date: 1087

Norman funeral, chapel and equipment: a Norman funeral rite 278, Norman chapel with altar 279, umbrella 280, quintaine 281, quill pen and inkwell 282, knife and scabbard 283, key 284

Wall of funeral urns in alcoves in a sepulchral chamber in the Villa Corsina. Copperplate engraving by Henry Moses from A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, etc. London, 1814

Wall of funeral urns in a sepulchral chamber in the Villa Corsina. Copperplate engraving by Henry Moses from A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, etc. London, 1814

George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Funeral sculptures of George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and his wife Magdalena of Lippe. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

Funeral wake among the Luanda people of Angola. Mourners wail as visitors arrive to view the corpse in a hut, the women wearing fragrant leaves on their heads

Funeral ceremony in Russia, 18th century. A coffin is lowered into a grave in a church cemetery in front of grieving relatives and an Orthodox priest

Funeral procession and cortege for a queen of Tonkin, Vietnam. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

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