Tomb Gallery

Tigris River, Iraq - The Tomb of the Prophet Ezra

Tigris River, Iraq - The Tomb of the Prophet Ezra at Al-ʻUzair. The present buildings (depicted here), which unusually comprise a joint Muslim and Jewish shrine, are around 250 years old; there is an enclosing wall and a blue-tiled dome, and a separate synagogue, Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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Virgils Tomb

Virgil's Tomb (1785). Wright, Joseph of Derby 1734-1797. Wright travelled in Italy from 1774-76 and produced many fine drawings of classical subjects and geological curiosities. On his return to England Wright used these drawings to produce a number of paintings of Italian subjects, many of which employ dramatic effects of light. Virgil's Tomb, near Naples, was much visited on the ?Grand Tour? due to its picturesque appearance and the great esteem in which the Roman poet Virgil was held in the eighteenth century. Date: 1785

© National Museums NI / MARY EVANS

Karl Marx monument, Highgate Cemetery, London

The monument to Karl Marx above his grave in Highgate Cemetery, North London. Seen here on a rainy day, with sightseers holding umbrellas. Karl Marx (1818-1883), German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist and revolutionary

© Mary Evans / Marx Memorial Library

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