The fountain of life. Oil painting.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: the ceremony of immersion. Pencil drawing by R. Cleaver.

The life-giving spring (Zoödochos Pege).

Men resting their camels and smoking by Jacob's Well at Shechem, Palestine. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: the shrine and sacred well. Wood engraving by H. Lanos.

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

M0014397: Fontaine et Croix de la Lande, Caurel (Cotes du Nord) / M0014398: Fontaine de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Palue. With statues of Sainte-Anne and the infant Virgin, near the chapel of the same name, on the Bay of Douernenez (Finistere)

Sick people visiting Saint Winifred's (Saint Winefrede's) well. Etching by G. Cuitt, 1813.

St. Winifred's Well, Flintshire, Wales: interior. Etching by G. Cuitt, 1813.

M0014391: Fontaine Saint-Thivisiau, Gothic, 15th century / M0014392: Chapelle Saint-Venec, region de Chateaulin (Finistere), Gothic

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

M0014353: Fontaine de Folgoet, Finistere

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Holy wells

Images from the collections

Images referencing Holy wells

Works from the collections

M0014397: Fontaine et Croix de la Lande, Caurel (Cotes du Nord) / M0014398: Fontaine de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Palue. With statues of Sainte-Anne and the infant Virgin, near the chapel of the same name, on the Bay of Douernenez (Finistere)

Sick people visiting Saint Winifred's (Saint Winefrede's) well. Etching by G. Cuitt, 1813.

St. Winifred's Well, Flintshire, Wales: interior. Etching by G. Cuitt, 1813.

M0014391: Fontaine Saint-Thivisiau, Gothic, 15th century / M0014392: Chapelle Saint-Venec, region de Chateaulin (Finistere), Gothic

M0014353: Fontaine de Folgoet, Finistere

Holy wells

Images from the collections

Images referencing Holy wells

Works from the collections

M0014397: Fontaine et Croix de la Lande, Caurel (Cotes du Nord) / M0014398: Fontaine de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Palue. With statues of Sainte-Anne and the infant Virgin, near the chapel of the same name, on the Bay of Douernenez (Finistere)

Sick people visiting Saint Winifred's (Saint Winefrede's) well. Etching by G. Cuitt, 1813.

St. Winifred's Well, Flintshire, Wales: interior. Etching by G. Cuitt, 1813.

M0014391: Fontaine Saint-Thivisiau, Gothic, 15th century / M0014392: Chapelle Saint-Venec, region de Chateaulin (Finistere), Gothic

M0014353: Fontaine de Folgoet, Finistere

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