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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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

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