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Greyfriars Bobby lying near the grave of his master, John Gray
John Wesley / Sun. at HomeJOHN WESLEY English religious leader preaching on his fathers grave, Epworth
The City Hotel, Freetown, Sierra LeoneThe City Hotel, Sierra Leone, made famous by author Graham Greene. Now demolished. The hotel was first mentioned in Greenes 1936 book Travel Without Maps
No FearA curmudgeonly workman, balanced precariously on a chimney, looks at an aircraft during World War I and mutters, " Blowed if I d risk my bloomin neck"
Gravestone in the Graveyard of Winchester CathedralGravestone of Thomas Thetcher, a Grenadier in the North Regiment of the Hampshire Militia who died of a violent fever contracted by drinking Small Beer when hot on 12th May 1764
Pharaoh Amenhotep I. EgyptPharaoh Amenhotep I. Painting on stucco. New Kingdom. 20th Dynasty. 1152-1145 BC. Thebes. Grave 359. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany
Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, 1920Four sentries stand with heads bowed at the grave of the unknown soldier following the ceremony in Westminster Abbey on Armistice Day, 11 November 1920. 1920
Scrooge Sees GraveThe Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come shows Scrooge his gravestone
Church at ArdingtonHoly Trinity Church, Ardington, Berkshire after restoration work carried out by Joseph Clarke in 1846. Included in the drawing is the churchyard & graves
General Lees last visit to Stonewall Jacksons grave. Date 1872
A robin perched on the sculpture of a child leaning on an open book, on the grave of Antony David Hellyer (d.1939) and Maude Maria Hellyer in the west cemetery Highgate Cemetery, Hampstead, London
Grave of HahnemannSAMUEL HAHNEMANN Founder of homeopathy Close up of the bust which sits upon his grave in the Cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise, Paris
Hamlet at the GraveHamlet at the grave moralises on the skull of the jester Yorick
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
Eye of Horus. False door of Senenmut. EgyptFalse door of Senenmut, architect and official government. Detail of the Eye of Horus. Sandstone. New Kingdom. 18th Dynasty. 1480-1460 BC. West Thebes. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany
Operation Mincemeat - site of grave of Major MartinSite of the grave of Major William Martin in the Nuestra Senora cemetery in Huelva, Spain, whose body was found washed up on shore in Spain on 30th April 1943
Operation Mincemeat - gravestone of Major MartinGravestone of Major William Martin in the Nuestra Senora cemetery in Huelva, Spain, whose body was found washed up on shore in Spain on 30th April 1943
The Unknown Warrior Burial ServiceThe scene in Westminster Abbey as the coffin of The Unknown Warrior is lowered onto bars above the open grave, during the burial service
The spot where Captain Scott lies buriedA cross placed on top of a large cairn of snow marking the resting place of Captain Scott, Dr Wilson and Lieutenant Bowers
The Grave of Charles Dickens, Westminster Abbey, 1870Engraving showing a large group of Victorian visitors to Westminster Abbey crowding round the grave of Charles Dickens (1812-1870), to pay their last respects to the English writer
Crime / ResurrectionistsRobbing graveyards for corpses which will be sold to medical schools for purposes of anatomy
Great Pyramid of Giza, EgyptVintage 19th century photograph: Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, with a camera in the foreground
Thomas Hearne / R GraveTHOMAS HEARNE English historian and antiquarian Date: 1678 - 1735
Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster AbbeyA Nameless Grave in Britains Valhalla - symbol of the supreme sacrifice of the Empires Manhood. People paying their respects at the grave of the unknown soldier, interred on Armistice Day
Chief Seattles GraveThe grave of Chief Seattle (Si ahl), (circa 1780-1866) - a DkhwDuwAbsh (Duwamish) chief, also known as Sealth, Seathle, Seathl, or See-ahth. He followed a course of accommodation to white settlers
Ancient Groat Family Tombstone at CanisbayCanisbay lies on the Pentland Firth, 2 miles west of John o Groats. The medieval St Drostans Church has in its porch a tombstone commemorating members of the Dutch Grot
The burial of Thomas Hardys heart among his own people: the vicar of Stinsford in Dorset ( Mellstock of Under the Greenwood Tree ) bearing the casket containing it
Highgate Cemetery, London, 19th centuryEngraving showing Highgate Cemetery, London, at night sometime in the 19th century
Knight Templar EffigyThe effigy of a Knight Templar in a niche in the south wall of St Marys Church in Walkern Hertfordshire. The knight is probably William de Lanvalei II
Easter CustomEvery Easter Eve, choirboys sing a hymn over the grave of William Hulbard, who left a guinea to the Parish Choir when he died. c. 1806, St. Mary in Arden Church, England
Earl of Crawford tomb robbed, 1881Four scenes relating to the tomb robbery of Alexander William Crawford Lindsay(1812-1880), 25th Earl of Crawford, 8th Earl of Balcarres. 1. Dunecht House, near Aberdeen. 2. The Chapel. 3
Esther Hammerton, SextonESTHER HAMMERTON Female sexton of Kingston on Thames : the work was evidently too much for her, she dug herself into an early grave aged only 35. Date: 1711 - 1746
British Ballad, Robin Hoods Death and burialROBIN HOODS DEATH AND BURIAL. British ballad and one of the oldest existing tales of Robin Hood. The final resting place of Robin Hood
Kistvaen, Ossians Grave, Glenaan, Cushendall - a view of stones on the ground with a boy for scale. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Glenaan). Date: circa early 1900s
British Ballad, Fair Margaret and Sweet WilliamFAIR MARGARET AND SWEET WILLIAM. British ballad telling the story of Sweet William who tells Fair Margaret that he is marrying another
Jewish Cemetery at Salonika, greece
Scenes in Edmonton, London, 1883Engraving showing a number of scenes in Edmonton, North London, 1883. The images show (clockwise from top left): Lambs Cottage; The Rose and Crown; Edmonton Church; Grave of Charles Lamb; Church Road
Houdini / DavenportHarry Houdini at the grave of William Davenport, American stage magician who with his brother Ira deceived many with their supposed spirit seances
Daniel Boone GraveDANIEL BOONE The grave of Daniel Boone at Frankfort, though there is dispute as to whether or not it contains the correct remains
Vintage 19th century photograph: Taj Mahal, Agra, India, c. 1870 sVintage 19th century photograph: Taj Mahal, Agra, India, c.1870 s
King Edward VII, on a visit to the Great Pyramid, EgyptVintage 19th century photograph: His Royal Highness, Prince Edward Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, on a visit to the Great Pyramid at Gizeh, Egypt, as part of his tour of the Middle East
Fig Tree growing out of a tomb in Watford ChurchyardA Fig Tree growing out of a tomb in Watford Churchyard - the legend runs that a lady buried in the vault from which the tree is growing was an atheist
Comic postcard, Grieving woman in cemetery Date: 20th century
Ancient monument of a bishop in Temple Church, LondonAncient monument of a bishop under the southeast window of the 12th century Temple Church, London. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of the Society of
A siren seducing a merman knight, 14th centuryA mermaid or siren in German womens costume from the 14th century seducing a merman knight. Scenes below show knights and ladies holding family crests
Grave effigy of Berthold VI von Henneberg, died 1330Grave effigy of Berthold VI von Henneberg, Prior of the Order of Saint John or Johanniter-Ordens, died 1330. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes
Headsone of German Jewish soldier Max Seller, BelgiumThe burial is in the CWGC Cemetery, Hyde Park Corner. In this same cemetery is the grave of Private Albert Edward French, a 16 years old who was the subject of a BBC Radio 4 documentary in 1983
Headstone Major Gus March-Phillips, St Laurent sur MerThe grave is in the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery. March-Phillips commanded a Small Scale Landing Force that came ashore here in a Commando operation named Aquatint on 12 September 1942