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Corporal works of mercy

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  • Works of mercy: just as water extinguishes fire, so works of mercy (with penitence) extinguish sin. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.
  • Orphans.
  • Orphans.
  • Charity being given to poor hungry beggars by a rich household. Engraving by L. Audran after S. Bourdon.
  • Visiting the sick: a grieving woman bends over a praying patient. Tinted aquatint by F.C. Lewis, 1831, after J. Flaxman.
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Catalogue

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    Examples of charity: giving drink to the thirsty. Etching by H. Fletcher after Frans Francken the elder.

    Francken, Frans, 1542-1616. | Reference: 32003i
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    Two women comforting a boy while a monk sits beside in despair. Wood engraving after Jessie MacGregor, 1872.

    MacGregor, Jessie, -1919. | Date: 1872 | Reference: 17558i
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    Acts of mercy. Oil paintings by Frederick Cayley Robinson, 1915-1920.

    Robinson, Frederic Cayley, 1862-1927 | Date: 1915-1920 | Reference: 672507i
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    The doctor.

    Robinson, Frederic Cayley, 1862-1927 | Date: 1920 | Reference: 672829i
    Part of: Acts of mercy. Oil paintings by Frederick Cayley Robinson, 1915-1920.
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    Charity being handed out in the form of clothes to the poor and needy. Line engraving by L. Audran after S. Bourdon.

    Bourdon, Sébastien, 1616-1671. | Reference: 17581i
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