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Cemetery of the Fürth Jewish Community
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This print depicting the Jewish cemetery of Fürth, Germany, is from the beginning of the eighteenth century, a period of prosperity for the city’s Jewish community. There were between 350 and 400…

Contributor:

Johannes Alexander Böner

Places:

Fürth, Holy Roman Empire (Fürth, Germany)

Date:

1705

Subjects:

Print, Cemetery, Gravestones, Mourning, Death

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Printed engraving of cemetery enclosed by wall with several people walking through.
Book of Prayers for the Gravediggers Society
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This illustration from a book of prayers for the Jewish Gravediggers Society depicts the cycle of life. Figures of men and women in pairs ascend and descend the staircase, progressing from youth to…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

Date:

1740

Subjects:

Print, Prayer, Cemetery, Burial society, Mourning

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Prayer & Liturgy
Print of multi-leveled platform with couples standing on each tier, with Hebrew text and many gravestones and figures beneath the platform, and two trees above the platform with scenes of many figures inside.
Funeral Activities
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Between 1723 and 1737, illustrator Bernard Picart partnered with the Dutch bookseller, editor, and publisher Jean-Frédéric Bernard on Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (R…

Contributor:

Bernard Picart

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1723–1743

Subjects:

Life cycle, Death, Mourning, Cemetery, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture
Print of two scenes, both with French text below: the top showing men in large room walking in circle with books, the bottom showing men shoveling dirt onto grave.