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Saint Antony of Padua: the miracle of the amputated foot. Engraving by V. Lefebvre and G. Seuter after Titian.

Saint Antony of Padua. Colour lithograph, 1873, by L. Gruner after E. Kaiser after Titian.

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. Coloured engraving.

A Chinese woman sentenced to have her feet cut off is carried to the torturer; the judge is seated behind a desk. Wood engraving by L. Dumont, 1864, after L. Janet-Langer.

A shoe-seller who has one foot and goes himself unshod. Mezzotint by J. Gole after G.M. Mitelli.

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Saint Antony of Padua: the miracle of the amputated foot. Engraving by V. Lefebvre and G. Seuter after Titian.

Saint Antony of Padua. Colour lithograph, 1873, by L. Gruner after E. Kaiser after Titian.

A Chinese woman sentenced to have her feet cut off is carried to the torturer; the judge is seated behind a desk. Wood engraving by L. Dumont, 1864, after L. Janet-Langer.

A shoe-seller who has one foot and goes himself unshod. Mezzotint by J. Gole after G.M. Mitelli.

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. Coloured engraving.