Picture No | 10174078 |
Date | 1737 |
Description | ENGLISH FUNERAL 1737 |
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Part of the custom of death in England in the Georgian period. The corpse dressed in a shroud & laid-out in a body- shaped coffin. Mourners take sprigs of Rosemary.
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Source | Bernard Picart, engraved by Du Bourge in, "Religious Ceremonies of Mankind" |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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