Victorian Cemeteries, Cities of the dead.
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Victorian Cemeteries, Cities of the dead. Rebecca Press
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Victorian Cemeteries, Cities of the dead. Rebecca Press. Victorian attitudes towards death. Victorian attitudes towards death (2). Magnificent 7. Highgate 1830’s sketch. Magnificent 7 (2). The London Cemetery Company designed all 7, many features within the cemeteries have similarities. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Victorian Cemeteries, Cities of the dead.
Rebecca Press
Victorian attitudes towards death
Victorian attitudes towards death (2)
Magnificent 7
Highgate 1830’s sketch
Magnificent 7 (2)The London Cemetery Company designed all 7, many features within the
cemeteries have similarities.
Highgate
West Brompton
Kensal Green
HighgateCircle of Lebanon
Egyptian Avenue
Highgate (2)
Further steps/expansion
Highgate today
Highgate today (2)
Death: "THERE ARE BETTER THINGS IN THE WORLD THAN ALCOHOL, ALBERT.“
Albert: "Oh, yes, sir. But alcohol sort of compensates for not getting them.”
Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
“Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.” Epicurus
“Death is just the beginning” Maximilien Robespierre, 1794
