Gravestone Collection (page 6)

Tess of the D Urbervilles, 1923. Artist: Hubert von Herkomer
Tess of the D Urbervilles, 1923. Published in The Outline of Literature, by John Drinkwater, London, 1923

Stepney Church, London, 1815. Artist: Hobson
Stepney Church, London, 1815

Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland, 1924-1926. Artist: Francis Frith & Co
Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland, 1924-1926. Tynemouth Priory was a Benedictine monastery founded in the 7th century. Three of the early kings of Northumbria were buried there

A tomb above ground, Pinner Churchyard, London, 1924-1926. Artist: Valentine & Sons Ltd
A tomb above ground, Pinner Churchyard, London, 1924-1926. A print from Hutchinsons Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume III, 1924-1926

A bridge over the river Tigris, Diyarbakir, Turkey, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XVII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co

Cypress trees in the cemetery of Scutari, Turkey, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XVII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co

Snitterfield church, Snitterfield, Warwickshire, 1885. Artist: Edward Hull
Snitterfield church, Snitterfield, Warwickshire, 1885. From Stratford-on-Avon, from the Earliest Time to the Death of William Shakespeare, by Sidney L Lee (London, 1885)

Stratford church as seen from the north, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, 1885. Artist: Edward Hull
Stratford church as seen from the north, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, 1885. From Stratford-on-Avon, from the Earliest Time to the Death of William Shakespeare, by Sidney L Lee (London, 1885)

Arundel Church, West Sussex, 1829. Artist: J Shury
Arundel Church, West Sussex, 1829. Arundels St Nicholas Church dates from 1380

St Nicholass Church, Brighton, East Sussex, 1829. Artist: J Rogers
St Nicholass Church, Brighton, East Sussex, 1829. Although originally built in Norman times, the architecture of the church pictured dates from the 14th century

The cemetery at Mecca, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

Burial of a toreador, Madrid, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 28th October 1900

French Foreign Legion cemetery, Taourirt, Algeria, 20th century. French postcard

And still they don t go!, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
And still they don t go!, 1799. Plate 59 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression

Woman in tomb at Thebes. Artist: Wilkinson
Woman in tomb at Thebes

Husband and wife on Roman gravestone. Bas-reliefs depicting couples were popular. It signifies a longing for reunion in the afterlife, rather than a double burial. Terme Museum Rome

Roman Boat-Builder at work, on stele of Publius Longidienus, c2nd century. Publius Longidienus was also a boat-builder, Ravenna. Italy

Roman doctor inspecting eye of a woman, relief on gravestone, from house near Naix, France. Bas-relief, now in National Archaeological Museum, Rome, Italy

Neo Punic gravestone in the museum in Maktar

Detail of a gravestone from Asia Minor, 1st century
Detail of a gravestone from Asia Minor, of a man with a pruning knife, and a woman with a mirror, spindle, and distaff, 1st century

Gravestone to a priest of Saturn in Carthage, 2nd century

Detail of a gravestone in a sanctuary sacred to Saturn, 1st century
Detail of a gravestone in a sanctuary sacred to Saturn in Carthage, from the Roman period, 1st century

Viking runes on a gravestone to a churchyard in Sweden

Greek gravestone of an athlete holding a strygil and a boy slave with oil. In the National Museum in Athens

Bewcastle Anglo-Saxon Cross, 7th century
An elaborate Anglo-Saxon cross from Bewcastle, Cumbria. Runes are visible in the centre, 7th century

Carved Jellinge style Viking grave-slab from York
Carved magnesian limestone Viking grave-slab from York made in the Jellinge style

Stonemasons, c1845. Masons wearing heavy leather safety aprons, sawing stone blocks and shaping them with mallet and chisel. Top: breaking stone with fire and water

Edward Kelley, English astrologer and alchemist, c1790. Kelley (1555-1597) with his assistant raising a spirit in a churchyard

The Ghost of Napoleon on St Helena, c1825. Allegorical print of Napoleons tomb on St Helena, with the figure of Napoleon watching as a laurel wreath is laid on the stone

The Tombs of July from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836. Creator: Auguste Raffet
The Tombs of July from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836

Human Misery, from the Volpini Suite: Dessins lithographiques, 1889. 1889
Human Misery, from the Volpini Suite: Dessins lithographiques, 1889

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping