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Shrines

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

    Hayter, George, Sir, 1792-1871. | Date: [1833] | Reference: 10278i
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    Kamakura, Japan: the Grand Temple of Kamakura, in wooded country. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

    Floyd, William Pryor. | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 30006i
    Part of: Places in South China, Hong Kong, Macao and Japan. Photographs by William Pryor Floyd, ca. 1873.
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    Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées: pilgrims gathered at the cave of Massabielle. Lithograph.

    | Reference: 20359i
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    Vom Marterl bis zum Gipfelkreuz : Flurdenkmale in Oberbayern / Paul Werner, Richilde Werner.

    Werner, Paul. | Date: [1991], ©1991
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    Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: pilgrims praying in front of the grotto and portrait of Bernadette Soubirous. Wood engraving.

    | Reference: 20370i
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