3-053-841 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Sketches in Spain: a Spanish funeral, 1873. '...the ragged soldiery of the new-born Republic, such as it is, may be seen in the streets as frequently as the bearer of a humble coffin with the mortal remains of departed humanity...With respect to the conduct of a Spanish funeral, we take the following from Mr. J. B. Stone's recently published "Tour with Cook through Spain": "We are informed that all funeral rites have already been performed in the house by the priest, and that there will be no service at the grave. The Spanish law says that interment must take place within twenty-four hours, so that each evening, at the appointed hour for burials at the cemetery, all who have died during the day are brought to the cemetery to be buried".' From "Illustrated London News", 1873.