Image / Ashes to ashes! Dust to dust! Isla Grande. Brazil

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Title: Ashes to ashes! Dust to dust! Isla Grande. Brazil
Creator: Raebel, Hermann C., 1848-1869
Date Created and/or Issued: October 1, 1866
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Hermann C. Raebel Papers
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: : Burial at sea scene. Seven men solemnly observe as two men prepare to throw a corpse, wrapped in a flag with stars on it, overboard from a ship.
Type: image
Form/Genre: watercolors (paintings)
Extent: 1 painting (10 in. x 6 in.)
Identifier: uclalsc_522_b01_f29_001
Subject: Burials at sea
Place: Grande Island (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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