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Images referencing Viaticum

8 images from works
  • A priest administering the sacrament of extreme unction to a dying woman. Wood engraving by N. Knilling.
  • A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by earlier frivolity. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • Plague victims in Rome receiving the Eucharist from a cardinal in procession. Etching by A. Legros.
  • A priest administering extreme unction to a dying man in a bedchamber with a makeshift altar. Etching by B. Picart, 1724.
  • A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by early frivolity. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • Chaos in the aftermath of battle with the dead and wounded being attended to as the armies retreat. Engraving by J. J. Kleinschmidt after G. P. Rugendas I.
  • A dying man receiving extreme unction from a priest while surrounded by servants and his grieving family. Etching by A. Baratti after A. Novelli after B. Picart.
  • A priest administering extreme unction to a dying man in a bedchamber with a makeshift altar. Etching by B. Picart, 1724.

Works from the collections

8 works

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    A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by earlier frivolity. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

    | George Cruikshank | Date: 1848 | Reference: 26041i
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    Chaos in the aftermath of battle with the dead and wounded being attended to as the armies retreat. Engraving by J. J. Kleinschmidt after G. P. Rugendas I.

    | Georg Philipp Rugendas the Elder | Reference: 24446i
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    A priest administering extreme unction to a dying man in a bedchamber with a makeshift altar. Etching by B. Picart, 1724.

    | Bernard Picart | Date: 1724 | Reference: 44187i
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    A dying man receiving extreme unction from a priest while surrounded by servants and his grieving family. Etching by A. Baratti after A. Novelli after B. Picart.

    | Bernard Picart | Reference: 44186i
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    A priest administering the sacrament of extreme unction to a dying woman. Wood engraving by N. Knilling.

    | Nikolaus Knilling | Reference: 44188i
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Related topics

Extreme unction
Death
Beds
Priests
Rites and ceremonies
Chaplains

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