Burial Collection

Confederate family mourning a fallen son, Civil War
Southern couple with black servant grieving at a battlefield gravesite, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Egyptian Book of the Dead
Fragment of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Hand colored printed halftone reproduction of the document

Mass grave for plague victims, Holywell Mount, England, 1665
Burying dead bodies at Holywell Mount during the Bubonic plague, England, 1665. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Funeral of a former black slave, Reconstruction Era
Negro funeral in Virginia, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Grimms Fairy Tales illustration
Death of a Chicken, from a Berlin edition of Grimms Fairy Tales, 1865. Antique hand-colored book illustration

Etruscan sarcophagus with a female effigy
Etruscan sarcophagus with a single figure. Printed color halftone reproduction of an early 20th-century photograph

Etruscan sarcophagus with male and female effigies
Etruscan sarcophagus with two figures. Printed color halftone reproduction of an early 20th-century photograph

Sioux grave on the northern plains
Sioux grave with bison skulls, on the banks of the Yellowstone River, eastern Montana, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Native American burial mound, Wisconsin
Snow on a Native American burial mound near the Wolf River, Wisconsin. Photograph

Burial artifacts of prehistoric Jutland
Prehistoric burial artifacts found in Jutland. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration of artifacts

Norwegian village funeral, 1800s
Sunday funeral in a Norwegian village, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Burial of Hernando DeSoto in the Mississippi River to keep his death secret from hostile Native Americans, 1542. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ogham inscription and sun symbol on an Old Irish gravestone
Pagan gravestone carved with sun symbols and Old Irish Ogham cipher, Ireland. Watercolor wash on a halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Catacomb of Cappucins buried beneath Palermo, Sicily
Burial chamber in the Catacomb of Cappuccini, beneath Palermo, Sicily. 19th-century photograph

Egyptian Court of the Dead
Court of the Dead in ancient Egypt. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

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Death of Wampanoag Chief Wamsutta, or Alexander. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Howard Pyle illustration

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Tomb of embalmed Cherokee chiefs, their flesh and bones dried and preserved, North Carolina, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a John White illustration

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Burial ceremony at Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Sioux family offering gifts to the dead in an elevated grave, Montana. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Funeral procession in Padua, Italy, 1580s. Antique hand-colored print

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Funeral procession in Padua, Italy, 1580s. Antique hand-colored print

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Secret burial of Hernando de Soto at night in the Mississippi River, 1542. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Mount Vernon slave cemetery
Slave burial-ground memorial at Mount Vernon, George Washingtons home in Virginia. Photograph

Sun-wheel cross marking an Irish grave
Sun-wheel cross in a cemetery at Monasterboice, Ireland. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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