Dead Collection (#36)

St Denis, Patron Saint of France, 1826. St Denis, also known as Denys or Dionysius (dc258) was the first bishop of Paris. Persecuted under the Roman Emperor Valerian (c193-260)

The Death of Caesar, 44 BC (c1780-1832). Artist: Guillaume Lethiere
The Death of Caesar, 44 BC (c1780-1832). The body of the murdered Julius Caesars (100-44BC) displayed to the crowd outside the Senate in Rome

Scenes from the First Crusade, 1096-1099 (c1490). Artist: Sebastian Marmoret
Scenes from the First Crusade, 1096-1099 (c1490). In the foreground of the main image, mounted knights unhorsed and killed in a melee of hand-to-hand fighting with (left)

Napoleon on the Field of the Battle of Eylau, 9th February 1807 (1808). Artist: Antoine-Jean Gros
Napoleon on the Field of the Battle of Eylau, 9th February 1807 (1808). The Battle of Eylau was one of the major engagements of the War of the Third Coalition

Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, c1520-1536. Anne (c1504-1536) married Henry in 1533. She provided Henry with a daughter, the future Elizabeth I (1533-1603), but not the male heir he desired

Montezuma II, last Aztec emperor, 1520. The bodies of Montezuma (1466-1520) and one of his chiefs thrown into a canal after their murder by Spanish conquistadors under Cortes

Papyrus from an Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. The scene shows a pharaoh on an ox-drawn bier being taken for burial

Hand-to-hand fighting with swords in defence of a castle, 14th century. Detail from a Manuscript in the British Museum

Battle between Alexander and the Persian king Darius III, 4th century BC
Battle between Alexander the Great and the Persian king Darius III, 4th century BC. Illustration after a Persian manuscript made in the Middle Ages or later

Battle of Naseby, 14 June 1645. The victory at Naseby of the Parliamentarian New Model Army under Fairfax and Cromwell over the Royalist army commanded by Prince Rupert marked the decisive turning

Jackal-headed god Anubis receiving dead king or noble, Ancient Egyptian. Painting inside a coffin. Anubis, son of Osiris, took the souls of the dead to his father, the judge of the underworld

Scene from Shakespeares Othello, 19th century. Desdemona and Emilia lie dead, Othello has stabbed himself and Iago is taken prisoner (Act 5)

Execution of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 19 June 1867. The younger brother of Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria, Maximilian (1863-1867)

Suicide of Romme, Goujon, Duquesnoy, Soubrany and Bourbotte, French Revolution, 1795. Having been condemned to death by the Thermidoriens, Romme, Goujon, Duquesnoy

Francois Athanase de Charette de la Contrie, French royalist counter-revolutionary leader, 1790s. Charette (1763-1796) commanded the royalist forces in the Wars of the Vendee (1793-1796)

Madame Elizabeth, sister of King Louis XVI of France. Noted for her courage and loyalty to the king after his overthrow, Madame Elizabeth (1764-1794) was guillotined during the French Revolution

Battle of Alma, Crimean War, 20 September 1854 (c1860). French commanders with advancing infantry. 26, 000 British troops commanded by Lord Raglan and 24

Elizabeth Sawyer, executed as a witch in England in 1621, 1794

Russians routing Bulgarians in a cavalry skirmish. Chromolithograph from a 10th century Sclavonian manuscript in the Vatican Library

Battle of Hastings, 1066 (1070s). Harold IIs (c1022-1066) Anglo-Saxon troops (left) led by an armoured standard bearer and a warrior with an axe, confront Norman cavalryman armed with lances

The Death of Romeo, 19th century. Illustration for William Shakespeares tragedy Romeo and Juliet, showing Friar Lawrence finding Romeos body. The play was first performed c1595

Sarcophagus of Amenhotep II, Ancient Egyptian, 18th Dynasty, 1400 BC. Sarcophagus from the tomb of the pharaoh Amenhotep II (ruled 1427-1400 BC) at Thebes (Luxor), containing his mummy

A firedamp explosion, France, 1892. Artist: F Meaulle
A firedamp explosion in a French coal mine, France, 1892. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 2nd April 1892

Resurrection of the dead and weighing of souls at the Last Judgement. Chromolithograph after a 13th century Psalter

Madame Elisabeth, 1893. Elisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France (1764-1794), commonly called Madame Elisabeth, was a French princess, the daughter of Louis

Dialogues of the Dead, 1728. Artist: Bernard Picart
Dialogues of the Dead, 1728. A print from Oeuvres Diverses, La Haye, Gosse & Neaulme, Volume I, 1728-1729. Found in the collection of Jean-Claude Carriere

Spartacus and Hermann in the Arena, late 19th century. Spartacus (c109 BC-71 BC), Roman gladiator, victorious in the arena, surrounded by the bodies of fallen adversaries

Trojan War: King Priam of Troy mourning over the body of his son Hector, 16th century. The Trojan War was a legendary war fought between the Greeks and Trojans in the 12th or 13th century BC

The Young Martyr, 1855. Artist: Paul Delaroche
The Young Martyr, 1855. Found in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France

The Deposition from the Cross, 1526-1528. Artist: Jacopo Pontormo
The Deposition from the Cross, 1526-1528. The dead Christ is lifted down after being crucified. From the Capella Capponi, Church of Santa Felicita, Florence, Italy

Pieta, early 16th century. Artist: Lodovico Mazzolini
Pieta, early 16th century. The Virgin Mary laments over the body of the crucified Christ. From the Loredan Palace, Venice, Italy

Rizpah, King Sauls concubine, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Rizpah, King Sauls concubine, 1866. Rizpah stopping the birds and beasts devouring the bodies of her sons and five others killed by the Gibeonites as a harvest sacrifice after a famine

Saul and the Witch of Endor. Saul tries to communicate with the dead Samuel through the Witch of Endor. She brings Samuel out of the earth (Necromancy)

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (The Younger) (c5 BC-65 AD), Roman Stoic philosopher, 1493. Seneca committing suicide in his bath, having antagonised Nero

The Princess Lamballe late 18th century. Artist: Antoine Callet
The Princess Lamballe late 18th century. Marie-Therese-Louise de Savoie-Carignan, Princesse de Lamballe (1749-1792), the intimate friend of Queen Marie Antoinette, was lynched by revolutionaries

The Trout, 1873. Artist: Gustave Courbet
The Trout, 1873. From the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris, the painting is currently displayed at the Kunsthaus, Zurich

Jeremiah, Old Testament prophet, 7th century BC (c1860). Jeremiah lamenting over the misery of Jerusalem. Among the prophecies of Jeremiah was the fall of Jerusalem to Nebuchadrezzar (Nebuchadnezzar)

Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva (1508-1582), Spanish general and statesman. As governor of the Netherlands from 1567-1573, he enforced brutal anti-Protestant rule, executing some 18

Death of Alaric I, King of the Visigoths at Cosenza, Italy, 410 (1872). Alaric (c370-410) was king of the Visigoths (Western Goths) from 395

Greek rhyton in the form of a pygmy carrying a dead crane, 5th century BC
Attic Greek rhyton in the form of a pygmy carrying a dead crane, from the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

American War of Independence, 1770, (1883)
Boston Massacre, 5 March 1770, (1883). Skirmish between British troops and crowd in Boston Massachusetts. Five protesters killed, the first being Crispus Attucks, a black sailor and former slave

Anatomy lecture at Padua, Italy, 1483. The professor remains in his chair, while the demonstrator, right, points out the progress of the dissection with a stick

Russian soldiers collecting cartridges from the dead before burial, Russo-Japanese War 1904-5

Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1864. Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph, Archduke of Austria (1832-1867) was crowned Emperor of Mexico on 10 June 1864. By early 1865 his administration had failed

Scene from The Babes in the Wood, 1878. Artist: Randolph Caldecott
Scene from The Babes in the Wood, 1878. No burial these prettye babes/Of any man receives./Till Robin-redbreast painfully/Did cover them with leaves

Pestilence, one of the Seven Plagues of Egypt, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Pestilence, one of the Seven Plagues of Egypt, 1866. From the Bible (Exodus)

Death of David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer, 1 May 1873 (1877). Livingstone (1813-1873) kneeling in prayer by his bedside, found dead by his native servants

Scene from Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet. Act V, scene 3: The Death of Romeo. Illustration for William Shakespeares tragedy Romeo and Juliet

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