Evadne throws herself on the Funeral Pile of her Husband… by Edward Francis Burney

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Grey wash drawing of a woman leaping onto a funeral pyre with a reclining man, flanked by two mourning women in an octagonal

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A grey-wash drawing in an octagonal frame shows a woman in a flowing robe leaping onto a funeral pyre where a man lies on logs. Two mourning women appear at the sides, and the scene is lit by the glow of the fire.

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