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Monasticism and religious orders - Habit

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Images about Monasticism and religious orders - Habit

12 images from works
  • A wounded British soldier being visited in an Egyptian hospital by a monk, a sister of mercy and a chaplain. Wood engraving after F. Villiers.
  • A nun holding a medicine spoon with her hospital behind her. Watercolour drawing.
  • Two nuns in a pharmacy, one holds a sick child on her lap: Sisters of Charity Order. Mezzotint by T. Oldham Barlow, 1862, after H. Browne.
  • A nun in her habit carrying medicine and her Bible, with her hospital behind her. Watercolour drawing.
  • A nun from the Hospital of Santo Spirito, Rome. Coloured line engraving by C. Duflos le père.
  • A nun wearing her habit holding a jug in the grounds of her convent. Watercolour.
  • A wounded soldier having his foot dressed by a nun, while her assistant holds a bowl of water. Coloured lithograph by C. de Lasteyrie after J.H. Marlet, 1817.
  • A wounded soldier having his foot dressed by a nun, while her assistant holds a bowl of water. Coloured lithograph by C. de Lasteyrie after J.H. Marlet, 1817.
  • A monk for the care of sick people dressed in his habit. Coloured line engraving by N. de Poilly.
  • A nun of the order of St. Vincent de Paul dressing a wounded soldier's leg. Wash drawing by E. de Feu, 1832.
  • A nursing nun, carrying a tray of food and hot drink, wearing the habit of her order. Watercolour drawing.
  • Crimean War: Sisters of Charity at the New Hospital at Pera, Turkey. Wood engraving.

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13 works

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    A nun from the Hospital of Santo Spirito, Rome. Coloured line engraving by C. Duflos le père.

    Claude Duflos | Date: 1710-1719 | Reference: 17402i
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    A nun holding a medicine spoon with her hospital behind her. Watercolour drawing.

    | Reference: 17418i
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    Cleri totius Romanæ Ecclesiæ subiecti, seu, pontificiorvm ordinvm omnivm omnino vtrivsqve sexvs, habitvs, artificiosissimis figuris / quibus Francisci Modii singula octosticha adiecta sunt, nunc primùm à Ivdoco Ammanno expressi: neqve vnquam antehac similiter editi. Addito libello singvlari eivsdem Francisci Modij Brug. in quo cuiusque ordinis ecclesiastici origo, progressus et vestitus ratio breuiter ex variis historicis delineatur.

    Jost Amman | Date: 1585
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    A nursing nun, carrying a tray of food and hot drink, wearing the habit of her order. Watercolour drawing.

    | Reference: 17414i
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    A nun of the order of St. Vincent de Paul dressing a wounded soldier's leg. Wash drawing by E. de Feu, 1832.

    De Feu, Estelle. | Date: 1832 | Reference: 20110i
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Nuns
Nurses
Patients
Rosary
Hospital wards
Medicine
Military nursing

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