Coffin Collection

Hogarth, Gin Lane. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin (which later became the Gin Act)

Drinking / Intemperance
Political print of Gin Lane supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin. The pawnbrokers, gin cellar and distillery are now flourishing

Et in Arcadia Ego, c1650. Artist: Nicolas Poussin
Et in Arcadia Ego, c1650. The painting, also known as The Arcadian Shepherds, shows a Greek mythological scene in which a group of shepherds inspects an inscribed coffin

The Gin Shop, 1829
The Gin Shop, pub. 1829 (hand coloured engraving)

Grass track racing at Bishops Waltham, Coffin and Bungay on Jap motorcycles. Creator: Unknown
Grass track racing at Bishops Waltham, Coffin and Bungay on Jap motorcycles

The Isle of the Dead, 1886 (oil on panel)
JHG176726 The Isle of the Dead, 1886 (oil on panel) by Bocklin, Arnold (1827-1901); 80x154 cm; Museum der Bildenden Kunste, Leipzig, Germany; Swiss, out of copyright

Accompanying the dead, 1865, (1965). Creator: Vasily Perov
Accompanying the dead, 1865, (1965). A Russian family transporting a coffin through the snow on a sledge. Painting, also known as Seeing off the Dead, or Last Journey, in the State Tretyakov Gallery

The Unknown Warrior Burial Service
The scene in Westminster Abbey as the coffin of The Unknown Warrior is lowered onto bars above the open grave, during the burial service

The Mad Hatters Tea Party, Alice in Wonderland at theatre
Alice in Wonderland, performed on stage in 1918 at the Savoy Theatre, and starring Estelle Dudley as Alice, Adrienne Puret as the March Hare

St Dubhthachs Church or Clachan Duich Cemetery
This ancient church and cemetery overlooks Loch Duich in between Dornie and Shiel Bridge, near A87 Morvich. In the distance to the left is the mountain Beinn Fhada or Ben Attow

Lord Have Mercy Upon Us : The Plague in London (woodcut) (b / w photo)
XJF180917 Lord Have Mercy Upon Us : The Plague in London (woodcut) (b/w photo) by English School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: petition to God asking to end the plague; ); English

Derelict Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South Wales
View of the derelict Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales. The foreground is littered with pieces of wood, including an empty coffin which has broken apart. The colliery closed in 1969

Hundreds of rail fans turned out to give the Consett-Newcastle rail service a farewell on 17th March 1984. The Derwentside Rail Action Group decided to charter the last train

Arrival of the Unknown Warrior, Dover Marine Railway Station
Arrival of the Unknown Warrior at Dover Marine Railway Station at the Western Docks on 10 November, 1920. 1920

Edward VII lying in state, Westminster Hall
Soldiers guard the coffin of the late King Edward VII whose body is lying in state in Westminster Hall, Central London. An estimated 700, 000 people passed through the Hall to pay their respects

Embossed Victorian mourning card, Mary Hickman
Embossed Victorian mourning card with a funerary monument. In Memory of Mary, relict of the late Job Hickman, of the Bilston Quarries, she departed this life, December 2nd, 1857, aged 73 years

Jacob Wainwright with Livingstones coffin, London, 1874 (albumen print)
622822 Jacob Wainwright with Livingstones coffin, London, 1874 (albumen print) by Elliott & Fry Studio (fl.1860-90); 6.1x9.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: David Livingstone (1813-73)

8 of 9 - June and Billy after the trick. Billy is alive, has survived the roasting, escaping with only a soot mark on his right cheek

Earl of Crawford tomb robbed, 1881
Four scenes relating to the tomb robbery of Alexander William Crawford Lindsay(1812-1880), 25th Earl of Crawford, 8th Earl of Balcarres. 1. Dunecht House, near Aberdeen. 2. The Chapel. 3

John Redmonds Coffin, Westminster Cathedral, 1918
Illustration showing the coffin of John Redmond (1856-1918), the Irish lawyer, politician and leader of the Home Rule Party, lying under an Irish flag in Westminster Cathedral, 1918

End of a Vampire
The end of a Bohemian vampire - his coffin is opened, and a red-hot iron is plunged into his evil heart

"The ages of man" or "the scale of life", late 19th century (illustration)
AIS5363677 "The ages of man" or "the scale of life", late 19th century (illustration); (add.info.: "The ages of man" or "the scale of life")

Detail of a sarcophagus, 13th century (stone relief)
AIS5338017 Detail of a sarcophagus, 13th century (stone relief); Museo Arqueologico Nacional, Madrid, Spain; (add.info.: Detail of a sarcophagus. Low relief sculpts, 13th Gothic art)

Adoration of the Wise Men, right side of a sarcophagus in Luni Marble, end IV century (marble)
7292741 Adoration of the Wise Men, right side of a sarcophagus in Luni Marble, end IV century (marble); Museo Diocesano, Vicenza, Italy; Ghigo Roli.

Monk beside the coffin of Henry IV on Meuse Island, historical wood engraving, circa 1888
UIG5414549 Monk beside the coffin of Henry IV on Meuse Island, historical wood engraving, circa 1888; UIG.

Mummy of ancient Egyptian king Pharaoh Amenhotep I, who reigned from 1525 to about 1504 BC, historical engraving, 1888
UIG5414353 Mummy of ancient Egyptian king Pharaoh Amenhotep I, who reigned from 1525 to about 1504 BC, historical engraving, 1888; UIG.

Sarcophagus representing drunken Dionysus held up by a satyr, 4th century AD, Luni marble
6384413 Sarcophagus representing drunken Dionysus held up by a satyr, 4th century AD, Luni marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy; Museo Nazionale Romano

Sarcophagus from Amathus (engraving)
8632814 Sarcophagus from Amathus (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sarcophagus from Amathus)

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Egyptian Art (engraving)
8644761 Egyptian Art (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Egyptian Art. Illustration for Architecture, Sculpture)

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Romanesque art from the 13th to the 14th century: Frescoes in the crypt of the church of Gargilesse Dampierre
JEB4926622 Romanesque art from the 13th to the 14th century: Frescoes in the crypt of the church of Gargilesse Dampierre (Gargilesse-Dampierre), Indre, Centre, France

Romanesque art from the 13th to the 14th century: Frescoes in the crypt of the church of Gargilesse Dampierre
JEB4926539 Romanesque art from the 13th to the 14th century: Frescoes in the crypt of the church of Gargilesse Dampierre (Gargilesse-Dampierre), Indre, Centre, France

Romanesque art: The Chapel of St. Catherine, Voute in the cradle breeze, the Childhood of Christ, the Passion
JEB4925145 Romanesque art: The Chapel of St. Catherine, Voute in the cradle breeze, the Childhood of Christ, the Passion, the Last Judgment and Christ in the Majestic

Cartoon showing "the dead, the dying and the estropies of real estate credit in the Union Pacific hospital
NWI4959623 Cartoon showing "the dead, the dying and the estropies of real estate credit in the Union Pacific hospital district", 1873

Egyptian sacorphage decorated with hieroglyphs - Strong water extracted from the Encyclopedie of Natural History
FLO4726811 Egyptian sacorphage decorated with hieroglyphs - Strong water extracted from the Encyclopedie of Natural History: Humanite, by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811)

Government visiting hospital during cholera epidemic
2603949 Government visiting hospital during cholera epidemic; (add.info.: Cholera epidemic in Naples, Italy. Government ministers visiting a hospital. Wood engraving published Paris 1884).

Fragment of sarcophagus with scene of dextrarum iunctio, luni marble, National Roman Museum, Palazzo Altemps, Rome
6384469 Fragment of sarcophagus with scene of dextrarum iunctio, luni marble, National Roman Museum, Palazzo Altemps, Rome, Italy; Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Altemps, Rome

Sarcophagus of Charlemagne (742-814), Palatine Chapel of the Cathedral of Aachen, Germany, 1165-1215 (sculpture)
AIS5353302 Sarcophagus of Charlemagne (742-814), Palatine Chapel of the Cathedral of Aachen, Germany, 1165-1215 (sculpture); Aachen Cathedral, Aachen

Ancient Egypt: mummy in a sarcophagus, sarcophagus, bird urn, ibis mummy and the map of the rooms of a pyramid
FLO4573343 Ancient Egypt: mummy in a sarcophagus, sarcophagus, bird urn, ibis mummy and the map of the rooms of a pyramid - Egyptian mummies: mummy in coffin 1, coffin cover 2, bird urn 3

The Expedition of the Coffins, or Boney's invincible armada, half above the waves
MMM5478588 The Expedition of the Coffins, or Boney's invincible armada, half above the waves; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: The Expedition of the Coffins)

French Revolution Wars between the French and the Austrians: honours given to General Marceau in Altenkirchen
JAB5037251 French Revolution Wars between the French and the Austrians: honours given to General Marceau in Altenkirchen on 22/09/1796

Romanesque art from the 13th to the 14th century: Frescoes in the crypt of the church of Gargilesse Dampierre
JEB4926587 Romanesque art from the 13th to the 14th century: Frescoes in the crypt of the church of Gargilesse Dampierre (Gargilesse-Dampierre), Indre, Centre, France

Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja
3480454 Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja; (add.info.: Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja. The tomb was discovered in a cemetery in West Thebes, overlooking the valley of Deir el-Medina)

Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja
3480451 Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja; (add.info.: Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja. The tomb was discovered in a cemetery in West Thebes, overlooking the valley of Deir el-Medina)

Satire on the reverse impact of Binns' anti-Jackson campaign, 1828
1576420 Satire on the reverse impact of Binns' anti-Jackson campaign, 1828; (add.info.: The pedlar and his pack or The desperate effort)

Akbar's Tomb (b/w photo)
8649192 Akbar's Tomb (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Akbar's Tomb)

Sarcophagus with the myth of Protesilaus
7287214 Sarcophagus with the myth of Protesilaus; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Sarcophagus with the myth of Protesilaus. 160 - 170 AD)

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"Coffin: A Symbol of Mortality and Reflection" In Hogarth's iconic painting, "Gin Lane, " a coffin lurks in the background, serving as a grim reminder of the consequences of intemperance. The Welsh Funeral depicted by Henry Clarence Whaite captures the solemnity and connection to the cold earth that accompanies laying loved ones to rest. From The Gin Shop in 1829 to Poussin's "Et in Arcadia Ego" from 1650, coffins have been intertwined with themes of drinking and excess. They stand as memento mori, urging us to reflect on our choices before it is too late. The Unknown Warrior Burial Service evokes feelings of reverence and gratitude for those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Similarly, Sir Francis Drake's burial at sea near Portobelo reminds us that even great explorers are not exempt from mortality. Coffins also find their place in whimsical tales like Alice in Wonderland's Mad Hatter Tea Party. Here they serve as a macabre backdrop against which fantasy unfolds. In Lord Have Mercy Upon Us: The Plague in London woodcut or Edward VII lying in state at Westminster Hall, coffins symbolize loss and grief on a grand scale. These images capture moments where society confronts its own fragility. Whether found within St Dubhthach's Church or Clachan Duich Cemetery or amidst derelict Tirpentwys Colliery in Pontypool, South Wales - coffins silently remind us that life is fleeting and should be cherished while we can. Ultimately, coffins transcend time and culture; they encapsulate humanity's shared experience with mortality. Their presence serves as an invitation for introspection – reminding us to live fully while we still can.