Part of the custom of death in England in the Georgian period. The corpse dressed in a shroud & laid-out in a body- shaped coffin. Mourners take sprigs of Rosemary.
Bernard Picart, engraved by Du Bourge in, "Religious Ceremonies of Mankind"
Credit
Mary Evans
Dimensions
4146 x 3183 pixels
Print Size @ 300 dpi
14 x 11 inches / 35 x 27 cm