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Images about Clergy

60 images from works
  • Three people praying around the bed of a sick man, one is a priest. Line engraving by I. Taylor.
  • Christ's Hospital: the Great Hall during a ceremony. Engraving by J. G. Walker, 1822, after T. Stothard, 1799.
  • Six portraits of eminent seventeenth century men. Engraving.
  • Jules Grévy takes the pulse of Marshal Macmahon, who lies sick in bed with a priest and another man; they are choking from the fumes of their burning bed; Léon Gambetta emerges from behind the scenes carrying a clyster. Coloured wood engraving, 1879.
  • Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: the ceremony of immersion. Pencil drawing by R. Cleaver.
  • Samuel Wilberforce. Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1871.
  • Nicholas Byfield, a man who had a large bladder-stone. Line engraving, 1790.
  • Nonsense talked by a cobbler compared to the talk of a parson and a surgeon-apothecary. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams, ca. 1812.
  • The London Hospital, Whitechapel: the ceremony of laying the foundation stone for the new wing. Wood engraving, 1864.
  • Franco-Prussian War: ambulancemen collecting the wounded and dead at Champigné. Etching by A. Lançon, 1870.

Works from the collections

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    Dr Sangrado taking the pulse of a sick clergyman. Engraving by Thurston, 1802, after C. Warren after A. Le Sage.

    Le Sage, Alain René, 1668-1747. | Date: 1802 | Reference: 659141i
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    Nicholas Byfield, a man who had a large bladder-stone. Line engraving, 1790.

    | Date: 30 July 1790 | Reference: 209i
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    Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk: interior. Etching by B. Winkles, 1837, after R. Garland.

    Garland, Robert, approximately 1808-1863. | Date: 1 April 1837 | Reference: 20012i
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    Crowds of sick people and clergy gathering at the tomb of F. de Paris where people had been cured. Engraving.

    | Reference: 18502i
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    Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées: pilgrims gathered at the cave of Massabielle. Lithograph.

    | Reference: 20359i

Related topics

Sick
Miracles
England
Lourdes (Hautes Pyrénées, France)
Pilgrims and pilgrimages
Rites and ceremonies
Holy water
Invalids
Healing
Nuns

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