Funeral Pyre Collection

Kali, 1800-1825. Creator: Unknown
Kali, 1800-1825. Kali, a fierce form of the Great Goddess of the Hindu traditions, stands over the body of the god Shiva, who, despite his open eyes and sexually aroused state

The suicide of Dido who reclines on a pyre in centre, surrounded by many figures, 1650-55

A magician, a soldier and three figures watching a burning skull from the Scherzi di Fantasia, ca. 1743-50

Dido on the Funeral Pyre, 1650-1700. Creator: Giuseppe Diamantini
Dido on the Funeral Pyre, 1650-1700

Hell Hounds Rallying Round the Idol of France, April 8, 1815. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Hell Hounds Rallying Round the Idol of France, April 8, 1815

Scrapbook containing Italian Etchings of the XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, 16th-17th century. [The Suicide of Dido]

The Monkey King Valis Funeral Pyre: Illustrated folio from a dispersed Ramayana series, ca. 1780. At upper left, Rama, seated in a cave

Funeral Pile of Sulla, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Funeral Pile of Sulla, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

The favourite wife of Afzul Khan preparing for the suttee, 1847. Artist: Giles
The favourite wife of Afzul Khan preparing for the suttee, 1847. Suttee was an Indian funeral practice in which the widow immolated herself on her husbands funeral pyre

Ceremony of burning a Hindu widow with the body of her late husband, 1847. Suttee was an Indian funeral practice in which the widow immolated herself on her husbands funeral pyre

Cremation in India, c1890. Artist: Gillot
Cremation in India, c1890. Illustration from Iles Andaman et Ceylan, Moeurs et Coutumes, (a work on the customs and costume of the Andaman Islands and Ceylon), by L Boulanger, (Paris, c1890)

A Gentoo Woman burning herself on the Funeral Pile of her Husband, 18th century. Artist: Samuel Wale
A Gentoo Woman burning herself on the Funeral Pile of her Husband, 18th century. The practice of Sati or widow-burning was finally banned in India in 1846. (Gentoo is a corruption of Telugu)

Widow Burning in India, 1728. Artist: Picart, Bernard (1673?1733)
Widow Burning in India, 1728. From a private collection

Evadne, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Evadne, 1615. A daughter of Iphis and wife of Capaneus, with whom she gave birth to Sthenelus. Her husband was killed by a lightning bolt at the siege of Thebes

Roman Funeral rite or corpse being carried to Pyre, c3rd century. Terracotta lid of sarcophagus showing a corpse being carried to the pyre; found near Torre dei Conti (near Rome)

Widow of a Brahmin committing suttee on her husbands funeral pyre, India, 1815. Despite attempts made from the 16th century to stop this practice

Brahmin funeral, India, mid 19th century. Artist: E Beau
Brahmin funeral, India, mid 19th century. Cremation on a funeral pyre. From L Inde Francaise

Croesus, last king of Lydia from c560 BC. Croesus was defeated and imprisoned by Cyrus the Great of Persia in 546 BC. Legend has it that Croesus was condemned to be burned alive

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