Grave Collection (page 5)

Eyup Cemetery - Istanbul
The Eyup Cemetery in Istanbul overlooking the Golden Horn. The Mosque of Eyup lies over the grave of Eyub-el Ensari, the Prophet Muhammed's companion and standard-bearer

JORDANS, near Uxbridge, Middlesex
The grave of William Penn, at Jordans, near Uxbridge, Middlesex Date: 1875

American Indians. Salute to a dead chief in the far North We
North America Indians in passing a burial place never omit to pay respect to the memory of a Chief who has gone to the happy hunting ground

Typical Sunday scene on a country road 1925: The Growing dan
Congested country road. The increased volume of motor traffic and the ever growing death toll from road accidents was becoming the subject of grave public concern at the time. 1925

DESERT TOMB
The grave of a Muslim saint and distinguished desert sheikh. Date: 1930s

GAME : BOOMAN
All form a circle : the one chosen to be Booman lies down in the middle and pretends to be dead, the others mime mourning, burial and grave decoration. Cheerful ! Date: 1900

MALTESE TOMB COVERING
A marble tomb cover, inset into the floor above St Paul's catacombs, Rabat. The Maltese cross has eight points, symbolising the eight beatitudes Date: 2005

PEARLY KING GRAVE
A group of Pearly Kings and Queens pay their respects to Henry Croft, London's first Pearly King, who died on 1 January 1930, aged 68. Date: 1930s

ANVIL TOMBSTONE
The Anvil Tombstone, an unusual and lasting memorial to a former blacksmith, at Headcorn, Kent, England. Date: 1950s

TOMMY DOBSON'S GRAVE
The tombstone of Thomas ('Tommy') Dobson (d. 1910), a famous Lakeland huntsman, at Boot, Cumbria, England. Date: 1950s

WE ARE SEVEN GRAVE
The We are Seven grave, Conway, North Wales, made famous in the (1798) poem by William Wordsworth; protected by an iron grill to prevent visitors chipping away at it! Date: 1950s

A POOR MAN'S EPITAPH
The epitaph of Robert Bone Phillip, a poor man, at St. Edmund's Church, Kingsbridge, Devon, England. Date: 1793

A PIRATE'S GRAVE
A grim reminder of the past - Skull and Crossbones on a headstone in the churchyard at Bamburgh, Northumberland, England, a pirate's grave. Date: 1950s

HUNGARIAN CEMETERY
On All Souls Day, a child lights candles on a family grave at Desze, Hungary. Date: 1909

TOMB OF RICHARD PENDRILL
Memorial tomb to Richard Pendrill, who assisted the defeated King Charles II to escape after the Battle of Worcester (1651), St. Giles Churchyard, London. Date: died 1671

GRAVE OF T. E. LAWRENCE
The grave of Aircraftsman Shaw, Thomas Edward Shaw, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, at Moreton, Dorset, England. Photo taken before his gravestone was erected. Date: 1888 - 1935

Fable - the Young Widow
THE YOUNG WIDOW A widow who inconsolably mourns the death of her husband finds in time that she is ready to meet suitors and wed again Date: circa 1870

HENRY IRVING'S TOMB
At Rest Beneath Shakespeare Sir Henry Irving's Grave at Poets Corner Westminster Abbey

INVITATION TO DEATH
The grave's a fine and private place... - Death invites a young aristocrat to join him among the coffins. Date: 1792

SOLDIER'S DOG MOURNS
A German Shepherd Dog lies above the grave of its master, a casualty of World War One. Date: 1916

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

GRAY/ELEGY/CHURCHYARD
The funeral: "The next with dirges due in sad array, slow thro the church-way path we saw him borne." Date: First published: 1751

SCROOGE WITH SPIRIT
Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, who shows him his own dead body and grave. Date: First published: 1843

PLAY/CHATEAUBRIAND/ATALA
A scene from the unfinished romantic idyll on American Indian themes, written by Viscount Francois Auguste Rene de Chateaubriand. Date: 1801

OLIVE MACLEOD IN AFRICA
When her fiance dies exploring Central Africa, she travels there, lays flowers on his grave, then she too explores, discovers the source of the Mao-Kabi river Date: 1911-1912

GRAVE OF JEROME K JEROME
The grave of Jerome K. Jerome: author of Three Men in a Boat & other novels, in the church yard at Ewelme, Oxon. He died on June 14th 1927, aged 68 Date: 1988

REMEMBERING THE DEAD
On the anniversary of the battle of Marne, French villagers decorate a war grave with the Tricolore flag Date: 1915

ASNIERES - JAPPY GRAVE
Dog cemetery at Asnieres, outside Paris, France Gravestone for Jappy Date: 1908

Tomb of Queen Elizabeth I
QUEEN ELIZABETH I (1533 - 1603) tomb at Westminster Abbey, London

PRAYING AT A GRAVE
Kikuo, a retainer of the feudal lord, prays at his dead master's grave

XMAS TREES ON GRAVE
The people of Sachsen (Saxony) see no reason why the dead shouldn't enjoy Christmas as much as the living, so they decorate their graves with Christmas trees Date: 1881

NATIVE CANADIAN FUNERAL
Publick Rejoicings of ye Natives of Canada whilst their DEAD are carried to the GRAVE Date: 1737

DAUGHTERS AT GRAVE
Two daughters at their mother's grave

FUNERAL OF MRS BRIGHT
The funeral of Mrs John Bright, wife of the statesman (seen standing at the head of the open grave)

MOURNING AT GRAVE
Two women and a gentleman pay their respects beside the grave of a recently deceased relative Date: 1899

SAXON BURIAL
Saxons bury their dead wrapped in a shroud, not in a coffin but in a grave lined with stones Date: circa 600

FRENCH GRAVE DIGGER
Grave digger Date: 1843

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

CANINE GRAVESTONE
The grave of Marquise and Tony deceased dogs of Princesse Lobanof, in the Asnieres-sur-Seine dog cemetery on the outskirts of Paris, France. Date: 1930s

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

CEMETERY MOTHER'S GRAVE
THE MOTHER'S GRAVE Date: circa 1850

Dog fatihful to dead master
Tom, a poodle, refuses to leave his dead master's grave in a Paris suburb and is fed daily by kind wellwishers. 1909

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Comic postcard, Sleeping man in cemetery with policeman Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Elderly man and gravedigger Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man at Nellies grave Date: 20th century

Group of Sami outside their home, c. 1890
19th century vintage photograph: group of Sami outside their home, c.1890. The Sami people are an indigenous Finno-Ugric people inhabiting Sapmi

Greek Theatre at Taormina, Sicily
Vintage 19th century photograph - Greek Theatre at Taormina, Sicily. Taormina is a hilltop town on the east coast of Sicily. It sits near Mount Etna

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