Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Two funeral scenes, with horse-drawn hearses.
Published / Created:
England, [approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut ; sheet 14 x 22
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
A sheet depicting two woodcut scenes of short funeral processions, each featuring a simple horse-drawn hearse and the head of the procession. The sheet bears no text. The scenes may have been intended for pasting into an album (for commemoration).
Subject Terms:
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Great Britain. | Funeral service -- Great Britain. | Death. | Hearses (Vehicles) -- Great Britain. | Carriages and carts -- Great Britain. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs. | Funeral processions.
Form/Genre:
Woodcuts -- [approximately 1850] | Ephemera.