Funerals and burial rites
How the peoples of the world buried their dead: funeral processions, cremations and mourning rites in Picart and the travel books.
29 prints
Houses of Worship · MDCCCLXIX
Historic View of Damascus and Burial Site of a Prophet's Wife, Anonymus, 1869
1869 · 22.3 × 12 cm€880
Rites of the World · MDCCXXV
Antique Print of a Funeral Procession of the Kings of Vietnam or Tonkin, 1725
1725 · 46.7 × 39.5 cm€750
Rites of the World · MDCCXXX
Print of Mourning of Greek Widows in Rama and Baptism in The River Jordan, 1730
1730 · 48 × 38.5 cm€490
Rites of the World · MDCLXXIII
Engraving of Rituals and Cremation Ceremonies in New Spain by Montanus, 1673
1673 · 19 × 31 cm€450
Rites of the World · MDCCXXX
Antique Print of Japanese Wedding and Funeral Ceremonies by B. Picart, c.1730
1730 · 49 × 40 cm€445
Rites of the World
Antique Print of a Japanese Funeral Ceremony
Date not stated · 37 × 31 cm€340
Rites of the World · MDCCXXIX
Antique Print of the Funeral at Constantinople by B. Picart, 1729
1729 · 50 × 39.5 cm€290
Rites of the World
Antique Print of a Sacred Cemetery on Kauai, Hawaii
Date not stated · 40.4 × 26.3 cm€290
Rites of the World · MDCCCXXVII
Traditional Hindu Funeral: Cremation of a Brahmin (1827)
1827 · 43 × 28.7 cm€290
Rites of the World · MDCCCXXVII
Historical Depiction of a Widow's Sacrifice on a Funeral Fire in India, 1827
1827 · 43 × 28.7 cm€290
Rites of the World · MDCCCVI
Chinese Funeral Procession with Palanquin, Engraving after Sonnerat, 1806
1806 · 39 × 28.5 cm€290
Saints and Devotion · MDCCCLX
Medieval Catholic Rituals, Funeral & Mass, Hand-Colored Lithographs, 1860
1860 · 22.3 × 30.3 cm€290
Rites of the World · MDCCXXXIV
Funeral Ceremonies of the Orinoco and Brazilian Indigenous Peoples, 1734
1734 · 26 × 42 cm€280
Rites of the World
Florida Women Mourning Their Husbands, with Hermaphrodites in Ritual Service
Date not stated · 26 × 42 cm€280
Rites of the World · MDCCCIII
Antique Print of a Funeral Ritual by Cook, 1803
1803 · 41 × 28 cm€260
Scripture · MDCCCXL
Antique Religious Print 'No. 37' The Burial of Jesus Christ, circa 1840
1840 · 48.8 × 39.2 cm€250
Rites of the World · MDCCCVI
Hindu Funeral Ceremony, Vaishnavite Rites, Sonnerat Engraving, Paris 1806
1806 · 40 × 28.5 cm€240
Rites of the World · MDCCXXXIV
Funeral Rites and Burial of Inca Nobles, 1734 Engraving of Old Peruvian Customa
1734 · 26 × 42 cm€240
Rites of the World
Antique Print of a Chinese Funeral by Chedel
Date not stated · 35 × 25 cm€200
Rites of the World · MDCCCLIII
Antique Print of a Japanese Funeral by D'Urville, 1853
1853 · 26 × 17 cm€200
Rites of the World
Antique Print of a Chinese Funeral
Date not stated · 29.8 × 24.2 cm€200
Rites of the World · MDCCXXXIV
Healing and Funeral Rituals of the Paria Natives, imagined in 1734
1734 · 26 × 42 cm€190
Rites of the World · MDCCXLIX
Antique Print of a Chinese Funeral, 1749
1749 · 31.5 × 23 cm€180
Rites of the World · MDCCXXIII
Antique Print of Funeral Ceremonies of the Canadian People by B. Picart, 1723
1723 · 23.5 × 35.1 cm€125
Rites of the World · MDCCCLXXXVIII
Antique Print of a Funeral Ceremony on Java by M.T.H. Perelaer, 1888
1888 · 31.5 × 24.2 cm€120
Rites of the World · MDCCXXV
Antique Print of a Funeral Procession by Picart, circa 1725
1725 · 28.5 × 44.5 cm€120
Saints and Devotion · MDCCCXX
Funeral Procession in Rome with Hooded Figures and Clergy, London 1820
1820 · 38.5 × 30.5 cm€120
Saints and Devotion · MDCCCLX
Antique Print of a Funeral of an Italian Bishop, 14th Century, by Bonnard, 1860
1860 · 24 × 31 cm€100
Rites of the World · MDCCXXIV
Antique Religion Print Showing Rituals & Ceremonies for the Death of a Pope 1724
1724 · 28 × 45 cm€97
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