Grave Collection

Schwatkas discovery of Franklin expedition grave, 1880
Grave of Franklin Expedition member Lt. John Irving found by Schwatkas American search party in Greenland, 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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

Moll Pitcher
Molly Pitcher statue marking the grave of Mary McCauley in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Digital photograph

Lazarus raised from the dead
Jesus raising Lazarus from his tomb. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Oregon Trail pioneer graves, Wyoming
Graves of pioneers along the Oregon Trail in Wyoming. Photograph

Colonial gravestone in Boston, Massachusetts
Deaths dance on a gravestone in the Old Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph

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

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

Archaeologists remove artifacts from a pyramid at Dashur, Egypt
M. de Morgan lifts a golden crown from the mummy of Queen Khnemit at Dahshur, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Swedesboro, New Jersey, in the early 1800s
Main street of Swedesboro, New Jersey, about 1840. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Grave of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jeffersons grave at his home, Monticello, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Photograph

Fort Abraham Lincoln graveyard, North Dakota
Graves of soldiers who died of freezing or typhoid at Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota, 1870s. 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

Wisconsin graves, National Cemetery, Shiloh battlefield
Wisconsin soldiers headstones amid other Union graves, National Cemetery, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

Kentucky grave, National Cemetery, Shiloh battlefield
Kentucky cavalry soldiers headstone amid other Union graves, National Cemetery, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

Missouri grave, National Cemetery, Shiloh battlefield
Missouri soldiers headstone amid other Union graves, National Cemetery, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

Union grave, National Cemetery, Shiloh battlefield
US soldiers headstone amid other Union graves, National Cemetery, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

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

Mormon Trail pioneer grave by the transcontinental railroad, Nebraska
Grave of Mormon Trail pioneer Rebecca Winters, next to the transcontinental railroad tracks, Nebraska (grave has since been moved). Photograph

Mormon Trail pioneer grave, Nebraska
Grave of Mormon Trail pioneer Rebecca Winters, who died of cholera in Nebraska in 1852, since reburied nearby. Photograph

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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

Grave of Meriwether Lewis, Tennessee
Meriwether Lewiss grave and memorial on the Natchez Trace, Tennessee. Photograph

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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

Unknown soldiers grave, National Cemetery, Shiloh battlefield
Unknown Union soldiers headstone amid other Union graves, National Cemetery, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

National Cemetery, Shiloh battlefield
Union soldiers graves, National Cemetery, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

Tennessee grave, National Cemetery, Shiloh battlefield
Tennessee calvary soldiers headstone amid other Union graves, National Cemetery, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

Indiana grave, National Cemetery, Shiloh battlefield
Indiana soldiers headstone amid other Union graves, National Cemetery, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

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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Boston Massacre victoms grave, Old Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph

HOUS2A-00123
African-American veteran giving children a history lesson on Decoration Day, 1881. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

PREV2D-00044
Boston Massacre victoms grave, Old Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph

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Molly Pitcher statue marking the grave of Mary McCauley in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Digital photograph

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