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LUCRETIA COFFIN MOTT (1793-1880). American Quaker minister and woman-suffrage advocate. Contemporary American steel engraving

WILLIAM HARVEY (1578-1657). English physician and anatomist. Interior of the vault of Hempstead Church where Harvey had been interred before being moved to a marble sarcophagus in 1883

JOHN HUNTER (1728-1793). Scottish surgeon and anatomist. The reinterment of Hunters remains in Westminster Abbey, 28 March 1859. Comtemporary wood engraving

YELLOW FEVER, 1796. Detail from a broadside by Jonathan Plummer, Jr. 1796, recounting the deaths of forty-four persons from malignant fever (yellow fever) at Newburyport, Massachusetts

STRIKING COAL MINERS, 1871. Striking coal miners writing threats to blackleg strikebreakers near Scranton, Pennsylvania. Wood engraving, American, 1871

WOMENs RIGHTS CARTOON. The Apotheosis of Liberty. American cartoon, 1896, by George Y. Coffin, showing the womens suffrage advocates Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B

Buried Alive
A cholera victim awakens to find themselves already in their coffin, 1854. L Inhumation Precipitee or The Premature Burial by Belgian artist Antoine Wiertz. From the Wiertz Museum in Brussels

Thessaloniki, Greece - Sarcophagus of a Macedonian King found at Kalamaria. Date: circa 1900

Heysham Church and Stone Coffin - Lancashire
Heysham Church and Medieval Stone Coffin - Lancashire Date: 1905

Sweden. Uppsala. A closed up view of tomb sculpture of King Gustav Vasas tomb inside of Domkyrkan (Cathedral) of Uppsala

Home coming of Unknown Soldiers on H. M. S. Saluting the dead. After a 19-gun salute
Home coming of Unknown Soldiers on H.M.S. Saluting the dead. After a 19-gun salute was fired from Dover Castle, she tied up at Admiralty Pier where General Sir John Longley supervised the six high

Gallo-roman sarcophagi, Alyscamps, gallo-roman necropolis, and the lantern steeple of the 12th century Saint Honorat church, A Arles, Bouches du Rhone, Provence, France, Europe

American Quaker minister, abolitionist, and social reformer. Daguerreotype, c1850
LUCRETIA MOTT (1793-1880). American Quaker minister, abolitionist, and social reformer. Daguerreotype, c1850

Romans in battle against the Barbarians. Scene from sarcophagus of a general of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (121-180). 2nd century AD. National Museum, Rome

Chowles the coffin maker and Judith Malmayns the plague nurse, dying with their stolen treasure as they are overcome by smoke and molten lead from the burning Old Saint Paul s

Bertrand du Guesclin or Gueselin (c1320-1380) Eagle of Brittany, Constable of France from 1370. French military commander

Artemidorus. 2nd century encaustic coffin portrait. Roman. British Museum, London

Song of the Plague: Chowles the coffin maker, top centre, drinking a toast to a long life for the plague so that he will become rich. Plague of London, 1665

Soldiers in battle. Scene from foot of sarcophagus c300 BC. Thessaloniki Museum

Battle scene from sarcophagus c300 BC. Mounted figure on right is either Alexander the Great or the general Hephestion (Hephaestion) his favourite. Archaeological Museum of Thessloniki

The coffin makers carousel. Chowles the coffin maker is on table in centre, and Judith Malmayns the treacherous plague nurse is seated on the left

Jackal-headed god Anubis receiving dead king or noble: Painting inside coffin. Anubis, son of Osiris, took souls of dead to his father the judge of the underworld

Napoleon I (1769-1821): Coffin and tomb. Lithograph

Cromwell before the Coffin of Charles I, by Hippolyte (Paul) Delaroch

Samuel Plimsoll (1824-1898) English politician and social reformer born at Bristol, called the sailors friend. Campaigned against coffin ships, overloaded, unseaworthy vessles, often over insured

Filling a firework rocket. The case or coffin of paper is placed in a form and forced to a good fit with a couple of sharp blows with a mallet

Tank coffin of Imenemipet Priest of Amun 1069 B. C
Tank coffin of Imenemipet Priest of Amun 1069 B.C. Louvre Museum

Daniel Boone (1735-1820) American pioneer and Indian fighter. Woodcut purporting to show him trying out his coffin for size

Government visiting hospital during cholera epidemic
Cholera epidemic in Naples, Italy. Government ministers visiting a hospital. Wood engraving published Paris 1884

Still from The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
Still from " The Cabinet of Dr Caligari" (1920), German silent film directed by Robert Wiene

English merchant counting his money, Engraving
English merchant counting his money. Engraving after early 16th century image

Replica of Sarcophagus chamber, gilded wooden catafalque and coffin from King Tutankhamens tomb
Egypt - Cairo - Pharaonic Village. Replica of King Tutankhamens tomb as was found by Howard Carter at the time of discovery, in November 1922. Sarcophagus chamber, gilded wooden catafalque and coffin

Plastron of coffin depicting Isis figure
Egyptian civilization, Roman Period, 4th century. Plastron of a coffin depicting Isis figure

Coffin of Petosiris, from Tomb of Petosiris at Tuna el Gebel
Egyptian civilization, 4th century b.C. Coffin of Petosiris, detail, wood with polychrome glass inlays, from the Tomb of Petosiris at Tuna el Gebel

Painted wood and gold Shenptah sarcophagus coffin, from Tuna el-Gebel
Egyptian civilization, Roman Period, 1st century b.C. 1st century A.D. Shenptah sarcophagus coffin, from Tuna el-Gebel. Painted wood and gold

Pharaoh Amenhotep I, 1888 artwork C017 / 6844
Pharaoh Amenhotep I. 19th-century artwork of the mummy and sarcophagus of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep I, part of the 18th Dynasty (New Kingdom)

Cotard syndrome, conceptual artwork
Cotard syndrome. Conceptual artwork of a woman in a coffin on a psychiatrists couch, representing a patient with the rare Cotard syndrome

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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.