Cremation Size:Standard: 6 x 4in wearing a shawl and carrying

wearing a shawl and carrying a small basket over her arm

is holding a green umbrella

custom built in America

Fire at the Royal Exchange

Cremation Size:Standard: 6 x 4in wearing a shawl and carrying'Cremation', 1875. A young man is dismayed to find his uncle helping himself to some 'snuff' that he found in an urn on the mantelpiece of his nephew's lodgings. In fact, cremation was being strongly advocated as a more hygienic method of disposal of bodies by some groups. The previous year, Lady Dilke's remains were cremated at Dresden in the presence of her relatives. She had been a strong supporter of the process. This came about in part as a