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Confession

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  • A patient exposes her breasts to a physician and asks if a physician is not a little like a confessor: the doctor exclaims that he hopes she does not show herself like that to her confessor. Process print afterJ-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • A gaunt adolescent consults a weary specialist. Colour process print after C. Josef, c. 1930.
  • A girl making her confession to a monk from her sick bed. Lithograph by J. Woelfjle, after C. van Beveran.
  • A dying unscrupulous medical practitioner confesses the errors of his ways to a nurse. Coloured etching by W. Heath.
  • The sacrament of the Roman Catholic church: confession (penance). Etching by B. Picart.
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    A gaunt adolescent consults a weary specialist. Colour process print after C. Josef, c. 1930.

    Josef, Carl, 1877- | Reference: 17878i
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    A patient exposes her breasts to a physician and asks if a physician is not a little like a confessor: the doctor exclaims that he hopes she does not show herself like that to her confessor. Process print afterJ-A. Faivre, 1902.

    Faivre, Abel, 1867-1945. | Date: 22 March 1902 | Reference: 17149i
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    The sacrament of the Roman Catholic church: confession (penance). Etching by B. Picart.

    Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733. | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 30184i
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    Confide in me : P.O. Box 162 Nottingham HO9 1HP : got a secret? you can tell me, and I won't tell anyone (confessions can be made anonymously).

    Constantine, Anne | Date: [2018?]
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    The sacrament of the Roman Catholic church; confession (penance). Etching after B. Picart.

    Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733. | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 30364i
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