Journey or search of moral or spiritual significance

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Denderbelle, East Flanders, Belgium: pilgrims visiting the church of Saint Cornelius in search of cures for their nervous disorders. Engraving, ca. 191-.

The Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem, Israel. Coloured lithograph by D. Roberts, 1839.

Lourdes and Gave-de-Pau, Hautes Pyrénées, France: peasants fishing with the castle in the background. Lithograph, 1821, after M. Colston.

Tent of Achmet Aga, the governer of Jerusalem, with pilgrims at Jericho for Easter. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843.

Pilgrim's pennant for the Virgin of Scherpenheuvel (Montaigu), Belgium, printed on the Belgian flag. Printed flag, 191-.

The Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem, Israel. Lithograph by D. Roberts, 1839.

Belgium: pilgrims in procession towards a church of Saint Lambert. Engraving, 191-.

Pilgrims raising a cross at a mountainous shrine in Austria. Engraving by T. S. Engleheart after G. R. Lewis.

Crowds of sick people and their families making the pilgrimage to Lourdes in the hope of a miraculous cure. Reproduction of a wood engraving after H. Lanos.

Belgium: a procession in honour of the Virgin as protectress of seafarers. Engraving, ca. 191-.

Ospedale del Ceppo, Pistoia: part of the sculpted relief of the works of mercy. Photograph by Alinari, 18--.

Pilgrims in St. Peter's in Rome pay devotion to the statue of St. Peter. Etching by D. Allan.

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

Pilgrims visiting the Holy Cross at the abbey of Woestijn, with the chapel in the background. Engraving, 191-.

Miracle cures : saints, pilgrimage, and the healing powers of belief / Robert A. Scott.

Saint Peter's basilica: interior. Line engraving by V. Feoli after himself.

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Pilgrims and pilgrimages

Images from the collections

Images about Pilgrims and pilgrimages

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

Pilgrims visiting the Holy Cross at the abbey of Woestijn, with the chapel in the background. Engraving, 191-.

Miracle cures : saints, pilgrimage, and the healing powers of belief / Robert A. Scott.

Saint Peter's basilica: interior. Line engraving by V. Feoli after himself.

Belgium: a procession in honour of the Virgin as protectress of seafarers. Engraving, ca. 191-.

Pilgrims and pilgrimages

Images from the collections

Images about Pilgrims and pilgrimages

Works from the collections

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

Pilgrims visiting the Holy Cross at the abbey of Woestijn, with the chapel in the background. Engraving, 191-.

Miracle cures : saints, pilgrimage, and the healing powers of belief / Robert A. Scott.

Saint Peter's basilica: interior. Line engraving by V. Feoli after himself.

Belgium: a procession in honour of the Virgin as protectress of seafarers. Engraving, ca. 191-.

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