Holy or sacred place, which is dedicated to a specific deity

A young barefoot shepherdess and a little girl take refuge near a shrine during a storm. Lithograph by Z. Belliard after M.-Ph. Coupin de La Couperie.

Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: the Chapel of Votive Tablets. Photograph from a negative of 1913.

Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) growing on a lakeside. Coloured etching by B. Pouncy, c. 1793, after W. Hodges.

Taiwan: a roadside shrine. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

The holy Cow personified as World Mother with many Sanskrit verses. Chromolithograph.

A pilgrim praying at a roadside shrine of Saint Bridget in Italy. Etching by G. Hayter, 1829.

Shrine of the Annunciation of the Virgin, in the church of the Annunciation, Nazareth, Israel. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe, 1842, after David Roberts, 1839.

A Hindu praying to a shrine accompanied by a young lady. Gouache drawing.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: pilgrims praying in front of the grotto and portrait of Bernadette Soubirous. Wood engraving.

Mecca: shrine of Kaʻbah within the Al-Haram mosque, with a view of the city. Lithograph, c. 1820.

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16 cm

M0003623EA: English king worshiping at shrine of St. Edmund King and Martyr / M0003623EB: The pilgrims of Canterbury seeking help from the Great physician St. Thomas a Becket

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; 20 x 25 cm

Kamakura, Japan: the Grand Temple of Kamakura, in wooded country. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

1 print : lithograph ; border 26.2 x 40.1 cm

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées: pilgrims gathered at the cave of Massabielle. Lithograph.

504 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm

Vom Marterl bis zum Gipfelkreuz : Flurdenkmale in Oberbayern / Paul Werner, Richilde Werner.

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Shrines

Images from the collections

Images referencing Shrines

Works from the collections

A pilgrim praying at a roadside shrine of Saint Bridget in Italy. Etching by G. Hayter, 1829.

M0003623EA: English king worshiping at shrine of St. Edmund King and Martyr / M0003623EB: The pilgrims of Canterbury seeking help from the Great physician St. Thomas a Becket

Kamakura, Japan: the Grand Temple of Kamakura, in wooded country. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées: pilgrims gathered at the cave of Massabielle. Lithograph.

Vom Marterl bis zum Gipfelkreuz : Flurdenkmale in Oberbayern / Paul Werner, Richilde Werner.

Shrines

Images from the collections

Images referencing Shrines

Works from the collections

A pilgrim praying at a roadside shrine of Saint Bridget in Italy. Etching by G. Hayter, 1829.

M0003623EA: English king worshiping at shrine of St. Edmund King and Martyr / M0003623EB: The pilgrims of Canterbury seeking help from the Great physician St. Thomas a Becket

Kamakura, Japan: the Grand Temple of Kamakura, in wooded country. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées: pilgrims gathered at the cave of Massabielle. Lithograph.

Vom Marterl bis zum Gipfelkreuz : Flurdenkmale in Oberbayern / Paul Werner, Richilde Werner.

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