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| John Jackson St Peter ca. 1815-16 oil on canvas York City Art Gallery |
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| David Scott Nimrod ca. 1832 oil on canvas Glasgow Museums |
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| James Sant The Novice 1856 oil on canvas Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Lancashire |
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| William Mulready The Lesson ca. 1859 oil on panel Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| John Pettie Head of St John ca. 1870-80 oil on canvas Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art |
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| Francis Augustus Lathrop Study for Angel ca. 1899 gouache and pastel Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| William Stott The Entombment ca. 1900 oil on canvas Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead, Merseyside |
Unit, like Death, for Whom?
True, like the Tomb,
Who tells no secret
Told to Him –
The Grave is strict –
Tickets admit
Just two – the Bearer – and the Borne –
And seat – just One –
The Living – tell –
The Dying – but a syllable –
The Coy Dead – None –
No Chatter – here – No Tea –
So Babbler, and Bohea – stay there –
But Gravity – and Expectation – and Fear –
A tremor just, that all's not sure.
– Emily Dickinson (1863)
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| William Stott The Good Samaritan 1910 oil on canvas Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston-upon-Hull |
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| Charles Ricketts The Deposition ca. 1910 oil on canvas Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Charles Ricketts The Deposition ca. 1910 oil on canvas Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, Yorkshire |
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| Charles Haslewood Shannon The Wise and Foolish Virgins 1919-20 oil on canvas Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
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| Frank Brangwyn The Prodigal Son ca. 1952 oil on canvas Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Diana Cumming The Flood 1954 oil on canvas Southbank Centre, London |
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| Patrick Hennessy The Spanish Christ ca. 1960 oil on canvas Ulster Museum, Belfast |
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| Joanna Price Small Blue Pietà with Dogs 1992 oil on canvas Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Warwickshire |