Images Dated 29th July 2015 (page 9)

SAINT FABIANUS - POPE
SAINT FABIANUS Martyred pope, depicted with saint Sebastian who holds bow and arrows, symbolising the manner of his death Date: - 250

MARY DIES
on her deathbed Date: 1st century

MARY GOES TO HEAVEN
When Mary dies, her youth is restored and she is carried by eight angels to Heaven where God and her son Jesus are waiting to welcome her Date: 1st century

JESUS DIES
It is finished

ELIZABETH TOLD MARY DEAD
Queen Elizabeth receiving the news of the death of her sister, Queen Mary, who died on 17 November. Date: 1558

VOTING FOR PIUS XII
After the death of Pius XI, the cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican, where they will elect Eugenio Pacelli as Pius XII Date: February 1939

MOURNING FOR MOSES
When Moses dies, he is mourned by the Israelites with loud lamentations, rending of garments and anointing of heads with dust

CAPTAIN COOK/FIELDING &W
JAMES COOK Explorer Date: 1728 - 1779

Bulging of the theatre curtain
At Royal, Exeter, fire on stage curtain blows out towards the auditorium and the audience flee the fire. 187 people die in the blaze

CHOPIN/DEATHBED
FREDERIC CHOPIN (1810 - 1849), Polish musician and composer: drawn soon after his death

FUNERALS/JEHAN DE LYON
Jehan de Lyon, a Flemish noble, is buried at Ghent Date: circa 1380

THE MAGIC CUP
When the Little Folk offer you a MAGIC CUP, beware ! It may contain Love, or Sleep, or Oblivion, or even Death : but it is unlikely to be dietary, and certainly not organic

EARTHQUAKE PANIC
At San Giovanni Gemini, Sicily, a woman in church thinks the organ is shaking and screams Earthquake !'; all rush out in panic, and three are trampled to death Date: 1907

SICILIANS PANIC
At San Giovanni Gemini, Sicily, a woman in church thinks the organ is shaking and screams Earthquake !'; all rush out in panic, and three are trampled to death Date: 1907

ADVENTURE MACHINES
CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD (L Manning and Fletcher Pratt) people who have given up their consciousness to live the false life of the Adventure Machines... Date: 1930

SALMAN RUSHDIE In 1992 Anglo-Indian novelist, condemned to death for allegedly having blasphemed Islam in The Satanic Verses. Date: 1947 -

FUNERAL FURNISHER'S CARD
Funerals furnished with Biscuits, Cakes, Wines, Palls &c by Walker, Confectioner, of Sheffield, Yorkshire Date: circa 1840

FUNERAL INVITE 1694
Invitation to accompany the Corps of Sir William Phipps, Knight : London Date: 1694

AUSTRIAN VILLAGE FUNERAL
The whole village turns out to accompany an Austrian countryperson to their last resting-place Date: circa 1880

JEWISH FUNERAL
EUROPEAN JEWS bury their dead, those who attend the funeral throw mould upon the corpse (probably at Amsterdam) Date: 1737

ANCIENT GERMAN CREMATION
A warrior of ancient Germany is cremated, along with his horse Date: Middle Ages

Sacrifice Guinea Customs Human 1737 King Dies
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DEAD INTERROGATED
The relatives of a dead man question him as to why he left the world... Date: 1737

FLORIDA WIDOWS, HAIR
Widows of Florida scatter their hair on the graves of their dead husbands Date: 1737

FLORIDA WIDOWS MOURN
Widows of Florida scatter their hair on the graves of their dead husbands Date: 1737

VENEZUELA SKELETONS
Among the peoples of the Oronoko region, the custom is to expose the dead till they are reduced to skeletons, which are then hung in a sacred building Date: 1737

PERU FUNERAL HONOURS
The body of a dead Peruvian noble is honoured, then he is buried with his womenfolk (still alive) for company Date: 1737

DRINKING ASHES OF DEAD
Venezuelans drink the ashes of a dead cacique (chief) after his body has been cremated (so that they may absorb his strength and wisdom) Date: 1737

DEATH, VENEZUELA CACIQUE
Venezuelans drink the ashes of a dead cacique (chief) after his body has been cremated (so that they may absorb his strength and wisdom) Date: 1737

PARSEE FUNERAL, INDIA
The FUNERALS of the PARSIES (followers of Zoroaster) Date: 1737

DEATH/REGIONAL/CELTIC
A singer chants a vocero, the lament for the dead, over the body of a warrior, prior to his burial

PREHISTORIC CAVE BURIAL1
A prehistoric cave burial, Europe : the body is borne in procession Date: BC

PREHISTORIC CAVE BURIAL2
A prehistoric cave burial, in a cave at Aurignac, southern France : a ritual ceremony is performed at the entrance to the cave Date: BC

ETRUSCANS BURN DEAD BC
ANCIENT ETRUSCANS The body of a dead woman is carried to the funeral pyre where she will be cremated Date: BC

BERNADETTE DIES
When Bernadette Soubirous dies, a nun, at Nevers, not only do nuns hover round her deathbed, but angels hover overhead Date: 16 April 1879

LYING IN STATE, AUSTRIA
Laying out the dead in a rural Austrian home Date: 1888

SCANDINAVIAN DANCE
Funeral dance of the Scandinavians Date: 1555

BATTLEFIELD LAST RITES
During the battle of Inkermann, Crimea War, a priest administers the last rites to a French soldier who is about to give his life for his country Date: 1854

MANDAN CEMETERY 1830S
A cemetery of the Mandan people. The ring of skulls is where ceremonies take place, beyond are the platforms on which the bodies of the dead are laid Date: 1830s

RACHEL DIES
Jacob's wife RACHEL dies while giving birth to their youngest son, Benjamin

UZZIAH CONTRACTS LEPROSY
Uzziah, king of Judah, contracts leprosy, from which, alas, he will ultimately die in 783 BC Date: circa 790 BC

Cremation Calcutta Death Regional India 1859
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JOHN PYM (1584 - 1643), English politician, a Member of Parliament from 1621 to his death in 1643

CHINESE FUNERAL CUSTOM
The corpse is provided with a passport to ensure his easy entry into the next world : this is burned at the time of his funeral Date: 1915

MARIA EDGEWORTH/HOME
MARIA EDGEWORTH Home of the novelist at Edgeworthstown, near Dublin, in the year of her death Date: 1767 - 1849

ALEXANDER POPE/BINFIELD
ALEXANDER POPE Beech tree associated with the English poet at Binfield, near Windsor Forest, Berkshire Date: 1688 - 1744

PALMERSTON/BROADLANDS
HENRY JOHN TEMPLE THIRD VISCOUNT PALMERSTON English MP's study at Broadlands, Hampshire, at the time of his death Date: 1784 - 1865

GIACOMO PUCCINI/STUDIO
GIACOMO PUCCINI Italian composer's studio at Torre del Lago, on the second anniversary of his death Date: 1858 - 1924

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