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Christ is laid into a tomb. Lithograph by M. Fanoli after E.R. Wehnert, 1849.

The crucifixion of Christ; the three Maries lament. Etching by W. Unger after R. van der Weyden.

Christ heals the haemorrhaging woman; women wash their linen in a pond. Etching by G. Bodenehr after C.J. Vernet and J.C. Tardieu.

Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Engraving.

Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Etching by F. Ludy after J.F. Overbeck, 1849.

Textiles: a beating machine for flax and hemp. Engraving.

Christ, praying in the light, raises Lazarus from his tomb. Etching after J. Lievens, 1631.

Christ's body is carried to its tomb; the lamenting women watch. Line engraving by A. Sadeler after F. Barocci.

Franco-Prussian War: Society for the Relief of the Sick and Wounded, London office Wood engraving.

A long parasitical worm (tapeworm) is extracted from an emaciated man. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé, 1823.

Christ's Hospital, London: a bird's-eye view, with bed sheets laid out to dry. Coloured engraving by W. Toms.

Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Etching.

Christ is wrapped in a linen sheet and prepared for entombment. Mezzotint by C.H. Hodges, 1788, after F. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.

Christ's Hospital, London: the Mathematical School. Etching in two colours by B. Green, 1793, after himself, 1775.

Textiles: equipment for processing flax. Engraving by A. Bell.

Precedents and abstracts from the journals of the Trustees of the Linen and Hempen Manufactures of Ireland, to the twenty-fifth of March, M, DCC, XXXVII

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Precedents and abstracts from the journals of the Trustees of the Linen and Hempen Manufactures of Ireland, to the twenty-fifth of March, M, DCC, XXXVII

Linen

Images from the collections

Images about Linen

Works from the collections

Precedents and abstracts from the journals of the Trustees of the Linen and Hempen Manufactures of Ireland, to the twenty-fifth of March, M, DCC, XXXVII

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