Corpse Collection (page 7)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Cadavre; Corpse; Leiche (engraving)
7195106 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Cadavre; Corpse; Leiche (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cadavre; Corpse; Leiche)

Charles le Temeraire est retrouve parmi les morts (engraving)
7194127 Charles le Temeraire est retrouve parmi les morts (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charles le Temeraire est retrouve parmi les morts)

The Pain of Kriemhild, 1817-20 (oil on canvas)
7085100 The Pain of Kriemhild, 1817-20 (oil on canvas) by Fuseli, Henry (Fussli, Johann Heinrich) (1741-1825); Private Collection; (add.info)

Pieta, c. 1530-36 (red chalk)
3696965 Pieta, c.1530-36 (red chalk) by Buonarroti, Michelangelo (1475-1564); Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Red chalk over black chalk and preliminary stylus drawing)

193-0082314 Funereal riddle, plate 18 of Proverbs, 1819-23, pub. 1864 (etching)
IND82118 193-0082314 Funereal riddle, plate 18 of Proverbs, 1819-23, pub. 1864 (etching) by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828); 24.4x35.8 cm; Private Collection; Index Fototeca

The new mummies of the Guimet Museum, Paris (colour litho)
3097007 The new mummies of the Guimet Museum, Paris (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The new mummies of the Guimet Museum, Paris)

The Paris Morgue (engraving)
3643571 The Paris Morgue (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Paris Morgue. Illustration for The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel L Clemens)

Fight over the corpse of Patroclus (engraving)
3635259 Fight over the corpse of Patroclus (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fight over the corpse of Patroclus)

Meat Flies (engraving)
3634713 Meat Flies (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Meat Flies. Illustration for Chatterbox, 1873. Digitally cleaned image.); © Look and Learn

Richard the Lionheart lamenting over the corpse of his father, King Henry II, 1189 (engraving)
7149378 Richard the Lionheart lamenting over the corpse of his father, King Henry II, 1189 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Insect: Insects at Work (engraving)
6028700 The Insect: Insects at Work (engraving) by Giacomelli, Hector (1822-1904); Private Collection; (add.info.: Insects at Work)

Study [for The Entombment of Christ] (pencil)
6200149 Study [for The Entombment of Christ] (pencil) by Westall, Richard (1765-1836); 43x58 cm; The McManus, Dundee, UK; Dundee Art Galleries and Museums

Looking for the wounded during the Siege of Paris in 1870, 1889 (oil on canvas)
XIR316649 Looking for the wounded during the Siege of Paris in 1870, 1889 (oil on canvas) by Baudouin, Paul Albert (1844-1931); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee du Petit-Palais

Peste de Jaffa (engraving)
7179428 Peste de Jaffa (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Peste de Jaffa. Illustration for Dictionnaire Populaire Illustre by Decembre-Alonnier (c 1880)

Lamentation (oil on canvas)
6201814 Lamentation (oil on canvas) by Crivelli, Vittorio, (fl.1481-1501); 104x72 cm; Private Collection

Gustave Dore Bible: The Levite finding the corpse of the woman (engraving)
5221443 Gustave Dore Bible: The Levite finding the corpse of the woman (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Levite finding the corpse of the woman)

Discovery in Organic Remains (engraving)
7177726 Discovery in Organic Remains (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Discovery in Organic Remains)

Ardens wept beside the corpse of his only brother (engraving)
6002524 Ardens wept beside the corpse of his only brother (engraving) by Bowerley or Bauerle, Amelia M. (d.1919) (attr.to); Private Collection; (add.info)

Le docteur Ure galvanisant le corps de l assassin Clydsdale (engraving)
5992779 Le docteur Ure galvanisant le corps de l assassin Clydsdale (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Deposition (detail), 1507 (oil on panel)
3512978 The Deposition (detail), 1507 (oil on panel) by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio of Urbino) (1483-1520); 184x176 cm; Galleria Borghese, Rome, Lazio, Italy; (add.info.: Also known as The Entombment)

The Last Look (engraving)
5223220 The Last Look (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Last Look. Illustration for A Picturesque Tour in Picturesque Lands by L G Seguin (Strahan)

War, from the picture in the Vernon Gallery (engraving)
5199140 War, from the picture in the Vernon Gallery (engraving) by Landseer, Edwin (1802-73) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: War, from the picture in the Vernon Gallery)

The Spanish Bull Fight or the Corsican Matador in Danger, pub. 1805 (hand coloured engraving)
3035658 The Spanish Bull Fight or the Corsican Matador in Danger, pub. 1805 (hand coloured engraving) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Private Collection; (add.info)

Bowman at the Battle of Zutphen (colour litho)
3096271 Bowman at the Battle of Zutphen (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bowman at the Battle of Zutphen)

Mummy of Ramesses II (b / w photo)
3095889 Mummy of Ramesses II (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mummy of Ramesses II. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Decouverte des restes de Raphael dans l eglise du Pantheon, a Rome (engraving)
3645312 Decouverte des restes de Raphael dans l eglise du Pantheon, a Rome (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Triumph of Death (woodcut)
7201701 Triumph of Death (woodcut) by Tory, Geoffroy (1480-1533); Private Collection; (add.info.: Triumph of Death. Illustration from Visages de l Ile-de-France, by Jean de la Monneraye)

Napoleons body
6317487 Napoleons body. by Adam, Victor (1801-66) (after); (add.info.: The well preserved body of Napoleon revealed when his coffin was opened on Saint Helena in 1840 before his remains were returned)

Michel Angelo at the Bier of Vittoria Colonna (engraving)
5224457 Michel Angelo at the Bier of Vittoria Colonna (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Michel Angelo at the Bier of Vittoria Colonna)

Out hunting for teeth, plate 12 of Los caprichos, pub. 1799 (etching) (see also 175021)
IND81631 Out hunting for teeth, plate 12 of Los caprichos, pub. 1799 (etching) (see also 175021) by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828); 21.9x15.3 cm; Private Collection; Index Fototeca

193-0082159 And still they don t go!, plate 59 of Los caprichos, 1799 (etching)
IND81678 193-0082159 And still they don t go!, plate 59 of Los caprichos, 1799 (etching) by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828); 21.9x15.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Corpse Bride
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The dramas of the air, the fall of a military biplane in the Centocelle camp, in Rome
2815394 The dramas of the air, the fall of a military biplane in the Centocelle camp, in Rome, and death of the two aeronauts (colour litho) by Beltrame

The death of Leo Tolstoi in the small railway station of Astapowo (Riasan gov)
2815390 The death of Leo Tolstoi in the small railway station of Astapowo (Riasan gov) at dawn on the 20th century (colour litho) by Beltrame

Exciting rescue of two Italian workers buried in a flooded gallery in New York (colour litho)
2814860 Exciting rescue of two Italian workers buried in a flooded gallery in New York (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Epic Fight At Col Della Berretta (colour litho)
2808645 The Epic Fight At Col Della Berretta (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Epic Fight At Col Della Berretta)

An episode of the battle of the 27, an Alpine volunteer who surprises and takes an Arab prisoner... (colour litho)
2808459 An episode of the battle of the 27, an Alpine volunteer who surprises and takes an Arab prisoner... (colour litho) by Beltrame

A torpedo that overturns a locomotive (colour litho)
2778498 A torpedo that overturns a locomotive (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A torpedo that overturns a locomotive)

The Dead Who Resurrects (Colour Litho)
2778068 The Dead Who Resurrects (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The resurrecting dead)

After the battle, our people collect the loot in a newly conquered Austrian trench (colour litho)
2777531 After the battle, our people collect the loot in a newly conquered Austrian trench (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: After the battle)

On a sunny morning, the rough box with the glorious remains of Andree and Strindberg... (colour litho)
2777981 On a sunny morning, the rough box with the glorious remains of Andree and Strindberg... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: On a sunny morning)

The victorious offensive of the Russians, the Austrians pursued by cavalry in the region of Czernowitz (colour litho)
2777558 The victorious offensive of the Russians, the Austrians pursued by cavalry in the region of Czernowitz (colour litho) by Beltrame

The state-of-the-art weapons, Our armored car surprises and scatters a group of Austrian explorers (Colour Litho)
2777520 The state-of-the-art weapons, Our armored car surprises and scatters a group of Austrian explorers (Colour Litho) by Beltrame

Deux Mille Lieues A Travers L Amerique Du Sud (engraving)
2789062 Deux Mille Lieues A Travers L Amerique Du Sud (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Deux Mille Lieues A Travers L Amerique Du Sud)

Pieta (fresco)
ALI75557 Pieta (fresco) by Masolino da Panicale, Tommaso (1383-c.1447); Museo della Collegiata di Sant Andrea, Empoli, Italy; Alinari

Barbarian Ethiopian customs, human fortresses (colour litho)
2778403 Barbarian Ethiopian customs, human fortresses (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Barbarian Ethiopian customs, human fortresses)

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In the depths of human history, the concept of death has been a recurring theme. From ancient times to modern days, various forms and depictions have emerged, each carrying its own profound message. One such instance took place in 1963 when Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc set himself ablaze at an intersection in Saigon. His act of self-immolation was a powerful protest against President Ngo Dinh Diem's anti-Buddhist measures and his mistreatment of protestors. Malcolm Browne captured this haunting moment through his lens, immortalizing the monk's sacrifice for justice. Similarly, Hindu mythology portrays the goddess Kali as Chinnamasta standing on Kamadeva and Rati, symbolizing her dominance over desire and attachment. This 18th-century Indian painting showcases Kali's fierce nature while reminding us that even gods can conquer mortal desires. Moving to literature, Oscar Wilde's Salome captivated audiences with its dark themes. Aubrey Beardsley's pen and ink drawing captures the climax of this tragic tale where Salome demands John the Baptist's head on a silver platter – a chilling reminder that power often leads to gruesome consequences. The French Revolution brought forth another macabre event - Jean-Paul Marat being fatally stabbed by Charlotte Corday while he bathed. Jacques Louis David depicted this historical incident on canvas in 1793, forever capturing Marat as both martyr and revolutionary figure. Peter Bruegel the Elder painted "Triumph of Death, " showcasing skeletons dancing amidst chaos during medieval times. This eerie artwork serves as a reminder that death is inevitable for all living beings; it spares no one regardless of their status or wealth. Sir Gawain beheading the Green Knight is yet another depiction steeped in symbolism from Arthurian legend. The story challenges notions of honor and courage while exploring mortality’s grip on humanity—a timeless narrative still relevant today. History also witnessed brutal battles, such as the Battle of Franklin in 1864.