Grave Gallery

Schwatkas discovery of Franklin expedition grave, 1880

Grave of Franklin Expedition member Lt. John Irving found by Schwatka's American search party in Greenland, 1880.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century 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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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

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