Graveyard Collection (page 12)

St Michaels Church and the grave of Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), late 19th century

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)

Mosque and graveyard near Baghdad, 1918. Mesopotamia, formerly part of the Turkish Ottoman empire, was under British military control from October 1918. The new nation of Iraq came into being in 1921

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)

Gillingham, Kent, England, 19th century. View of a country church and graves

Flora Macdonalds monument, Kilmuir, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 1872. Revered as a Jacobite heroine in Scotland, Flora MacDonald (1722-1790)

Shoreham Church, West Sussex, 1829. Artist: J Rogers
Shoreham Church, West Sussex, 1829. The Norman Church of St Mary de Haura dates from the late 11th century

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)

Honor the Brave, 1872. Artist: C Burt
Honor the Brave, 1872. A gravedigger leans on his spade and pauses to watch a funeral, probably that of an American patriot killed fighting the British in the American Revolutionary War

Limehouse Church, London, 19th century. Artist: J Woods
Limehouse Church, London, 19th century. St Annes Church, Limehouse, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, was built between 1714 and 1725

View of Edinburgh Castle, from the Grey Friars Church Yard, 18th century

Mass for the buried in a graveyard, and anniversary mass for souls of the dead, 14th century. From a Franciscan church book in the Bodleian Library collection, Oxford

Honouring Our Dead in Japan, 1901. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 27th October 1901

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

Rescue of the victims at Aubervilliers fort, 1892. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 11th June 1892

The Brave Dead of the 18th June 1815, 19th century

Filling a mass grave at night during the Plague of London, c1665
Filling a mass grave at night during the Plague of London, c 1665. Showing a group of men with torches in a churchyard, preparing to empty the contents of a covered cart into an open grave

Prehistoric Monolith in Churchyard of Rudston, Humberside, UK, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Prehistoric Monolith in Churchyard of Rudston, Humberside, UK, 20th century. The Rudston Monolith at over 7.6 metres (25 ft) is the tallest megalith (standing stone) in the United Kingdom

Church of St. Magnus, 12th century, Isle of Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Church of St. Magnus, 12th century, Isle of Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland, 20th century. A 12th century Irish style round tower, rare in Scotland, and unique in Orkney. Built in 1117, where St

Defensive Celtic round tower, 9th century
Defensive Celtic round tower of the manetic settlement at Clonmachois in County Offaly, Ireland. The Vikings could sail up the River Shannon to attack the monasteries, 9th century

Graves in the cemetery of the Novodevichy (New Maidens ) Convent, Moscow, Russia, 1929. Standing on the bank of the Moskva River

The Eighth Key of Basil Valentine, legendary 15th century German monk, 1651. Symbolising the purification of metals through death and resurrection

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

The death of Bismarck, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
The death of Bismarck, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th August 1898

Napoleons funeral cortege, St Helena, 1821 (1826). The body of Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I) (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815, being borne to the open grave by British soldiers

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

Beni Hacan, Architecture Hypogeenne, Tombeau d Amonei, 1851-52

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

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