Graveyard Collection

St Columbas Church, near Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, 2009. Named after the 6th century Irish missionary monk, the ruined church dates from the 14th century

Landscape—Scene from Thanatopsis, 1850. Creator: Asher Brown Durand
Landscape--Scene from " Thanatopsis", 1850

Back view of the Church of St John at Hackney and a grammar school, London, c1835. Also showing figures walking through the graveyard

Orpington, 1768. Artist: John Inigo Richards
Orpington, 1768. From The Connoisseur Vol. LXXV. [The Connoisseur, London, 1926]

Resurrectionists or body snatchers raiding a cemetery to provide a cadaver for dissection, 1887. The phenomenon of body snatching became increasingly prevalent in the late 18th

Tewkesbury Abbey, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Tewkesbury Abbey, 1898. Tewkesbury Abbey, a former Benedictine monastery with Romanesque crossing tower restored by George Gilbert Scott in late 19th century

Church of St Anne, Limehouse, London, 1811. Artist: John Coney
Church of St Anne, Limehouse, London, 1811. View looking across the churchyard. Designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, St Anne s, Limehouse was built between 1714 and 1725

Church of St Mary, Chigwell, Essex, 1799

All Hallows-by-the-Tower Church, London, 1837. Artist: John Le Keux
All Hallows-by-the-Tower Church, London, 1837. South-west view of All Hallows Barking (by the Tower), Great Tower Street

All Hallows-by-the-Tower Church, London, 1736. Artist: William Henry Toms
All Hallows-by-the-Tower Church, London, 1736. South-east view of All Hallows Barking (by the Tower), Great Tower Street

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges, 1833. Artist: John Constable
Stoke Poges Church, Buckinghamshire, 1833. From the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Rob Roys grave at Balquhidder Parish Church, Stirling, Scotland. Robert Roy MacGregor (c1671-1734), also known as Red MacGregor, was an outlaw and Scottish folk hero of the 18th century

Church of St Nicholas, Plumstead, Kent, c1800(?). Artist: AY
Church of St Nicholas, Plumstead, Kent, c1800(?). View of the church with figures by a graveside

Easter Morning, 1828. Creator: Caspar David Friedrich
Easter Morning, 1828.

St. Mary's, Nottingham, 1928. Creator: Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs
St. Mary's, Nottingham, 1928.

Newtown, Old Church, Isle Of Wight, c1790-98. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Newtown, Old Church, Isle Of Wight, c1790-98.

Romsey Abbey Church, Hampshire, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Romsey Abbey Church, Hampshire, 1865. 'The Abbey Church...is one of the most interesting monuments of Norman ecclesiastical architecture belonging to the conventual class of buildings which remain in

The Funeral of Lord Palmerston: the new cemetery at Romsey...interment of Lord Palmerston, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Funeral of Lord Palmerston: the new cemetery at Romsey, with the vault opened for the interment of Lord Palmerston, 1865. 'Mr

Funeral, on Sunday last, of Sergeant Dransfield...Tower Hamlets Engineer Volunteers, 1865. Creator: C. R
Funeral, on Sunday last, of Sergeant Dransfield, R.E., instructor to the 1st Tower Hamlets Engineer Volunteers, 1865. '...a few days ago, in Victoria Park [in East London],...Sergeant Dransfield

The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: scene from "Romeo And Juliet"..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: scene from "Romeo And Juliet", as performed in the Festival Pavilion, 1864. Celebrating the tercentenary of William Shakespeare's birth

The burial-ground at Lucknow, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The burial-ground at Lucknow, 1864. Engraving from a photograph. 'View of the Burial-ground in the Bailey Guard'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

The War in Schleswig: burial of sixty Austrian and Danish soldiers at Flensburg..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: burial of sixty Austrian and Danish soldiers at Flensburg - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

The War in New Zealand: Rangariri, from the Waikato, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in New Zealand: Rangariri, from the Waikato [River], 1864. Scene of '...General Cameron's victory on the 20th of November...[The] new redoubt, which General Cameron has begun to construct

Oundle Church, Northamptonshire, lately restored, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Oundle Church, Northamptonshire, lately restored, 1864. The parish church of St. Peter...was reopened...after undergoing some extensive restorations, executed by Mr. R

Excavations of an ancient cemetery at Helmingham, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Excavations of an ancient cemetery at Helmingham, Suffolk, 1864....the present Rector, [Rev. George Cardew] fancying he could perceive everywhere traces of very early occupation

Burying French officer at front, 31 Jan 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Burying French officer at front, 31 Jan 1918 (date created or published later). Soldiers standing at graves during the burial of a French officer during World War I

Funeral procession: Farewell to V.M. Kruchiny on his last journey, 1917-1923. Creator: Unknown
Funeral procession: Farewell to V.M. Kruchiny on his last journey, 1917-1923. From a collection containing documents and photographs from more than thirty participants of the Russian Civil War in

Funeral of V.M. Kruchina; at the cemetery. 1917-1923. Creator: Unknown
Funeral of V.M. Kruchina; at the cemetery. 1917-1923. From a collection which contains documents and photographs from more than thirty participants of the Russian Civil War in the Kuzbass

Funeral of V.M. Kruchina; at the cemetery. 1917-1923. Creator: Unknown
Funeral of V.M. Kruchina; at the cemetery. 1917-1923. From a collection containing documents and photographs from more than thirty participants of the Russian Civil War in the Kuzbass

Cemetery Church of the Exaltation of the Cross, Ostashkov, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Cemetery Church of the Exaltation of the Cross, Ostashkov, 1910

Edinburgh: the Castle, from the Greyfriars Cemetery, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Edinburgh: the Castle, from the Greyfriars Cemetery, 1864. The first object which every one visits in the Old Town is the renowned Castle of Edinburgh

Views in China: tombs of the Emperors of the Ming Dynasty, at Nankin, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Views in China: tombs of the Emperors of the Ming Dynasty, at Nankin, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. F. L. Bedwell, of a View of the Tombs of the Ming dynasty of Chinese Emperors

Ancient yew-tree at Palmerston, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Ancient yew-tree at Palmerston, [Ireland]. 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Wakeman. Adjoining the church, a few yards to the south-eastward, stands a venerable yew-tree, now almost withered

The tomb of James Ward, Esq. R.A. Kensal-green Cemetery, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The tomb of James Ward, Esq. R.A. Kensal-green Cemetery, [London], 1864. Monument consisting of...a monumental headstone, in a coved recess of which has been sculptured by Mr. J. H. Foley R.A

Mikhail Alekseevich Pavlov's Sister, Maria. Tsarskoe Selo, Kazan Cemetery, 1905. Creator: Unknown
Mikhail Alekseevich Pavlov's Sister, Maria. Tsarskoe Selo, Kazan Cemetery, 1905. From the family archive of prominent geologist Mikhail Alekseevich Pavlov (1884-1938)

St. Mary tower church, Ipswich, recently restored, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
St. Mary tower church, Ipswich, recently restored, 1864. In the north wall is a very fine line of windows, in the Perpendicular style

Cemetery in Nalimka ulus. Selkups, 1920. Creator: A. G. Vargin
Cemetery in Nalimka ulus. Selkups, 1920. V. I. Surikov Museum of Art in Krasnoiarsk

Le Cimetiere de Moosch, 1915. Creator: Charles-Jules Duvent
Le Cimetiere de Moosch, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

A Heap of bones in the cemetery, Necropolis Cristobal Colon, Havana, between 1895 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
A Heap of bones in the cemetery, Necropolis Cristobal Colon, Havana, between 1895 and 1910

Japanese graves, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Japanese graves, 1865

Models in Inkerman Stone of Monuments in the Crimea and at Scutari, presented to Her... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Models in Inkerman Stone of Monuments in the Crimea and at Scutari, presented to Her Majesty by Capt. Brine, R.E. 1858. Captain Brine, of the Royal Engineers

"Mary Magdalene at the Sepulchre" - painted by H. Le Jeune - in the possession of the Duke... 1858
"Mary Magdalene at the Sepulchre" - painted by H. Le Jeune - in the possession of the Duke of Manchester, 1858. This picture - one of the few on scriptural or historical subjects which in

Leaves from a Sketch-Book - Bits of Kent: Yew-Tree, Horton Kirby, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Leaves from a Sketch-Book - Bits of Kent: Yew-Tree, Horton Kirby, 1876. The roadside churchyard of Horton Kirby is quite refreshing and even inviting to mortal repose, with its comfortable

A Police Patrol Preventing a Rape in a Graveyard, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
A Police Patrol Preventing a Rape in a Graveyard, 1875. Series: The Postal News, no. 466

Decoration Day at Philadelphia: Orphans decorating their Fathers Graves in Glenwood Cemetery, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Decoration Day at Philadelphia: Orphans decorating their Fathers Graves in Glenwood Cemetery, 1876. Tuesday, May 30, was kept sacred throughout the United States for the purpose of decorating

Salonica: View from the Turkish Cemetery, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Salonica: View from the Turkish Cemetery, 1876. In consequence of this deplorable affair [the Salonika Incident]...the British, French, Russian, Austrian

Unveiling the Memorial Tablet of Keats in the English Cemetery at Rome, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Unveiling the Memorial Tablet of Keats in the English Cemetery at Rome, 1876. A memorial medallion erected to the poet Keats

Soldier led to Execution; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Soldier led to Execution; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

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