Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Etching by A. Tardieu after Guilbaut.

Erhebungsbogen der Witwen- und Waisen-Pension aus der medicinischen Witwen- und Waisen-Societäts-Casse für ...

Two young children comfort their mother as she mourns at the tomb of her dead husband. Engraving by F. Bacon after Miss L. Sharpe.

Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by W.H. Mote, 1846, after J. Franklin after J.F. Overbeck.

A skeleton as a woman wearing a brown and red dress and a black headdress. Oil painting, ca. 1680.

Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Dambrun, 1793, after J.M. Moreau.

Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Wood engraving by F. Obermann.

An episode in Tristram Shandy: the widow Wadman wooing Tristram's uncle Toby. Etching after L. Sterne.

Christ raises the son of the widow of Nain from the dead. Engraving by J. Matham after F. Zuccaro.

A widow with her maid Betty consults a fortune-teller in the hope that he will predict whether she will marry again, and how many times. Etching by I. Taylor, 1785, after R. Corbould.

Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Etching by A. Walker after J-B. Jouvenet.

1 print : line engraving and etching ; image 18.5 x 13.5 cm

Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Barlow.

1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) ; 47 x 62 cm

The year of magical thinking / Joan Didion.

1 print : aquatint, with etching ; platemark 25.3 x 40.5 cm

Comforting widows and orphans: a man reads the Bible to a despairing woman with three young children. Aquatint with etching by F.C. Lewis, 1831, after J. Flaxman.

1 print : line engraving ; image 43.2 x 26.8 cm

Christ raises the son of the widow of Nain from the dead. Engraving after F. Zuccaro.

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Widows

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Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Barlow.

Erhebungsbogen der Witwen- und Waisen-Pension aus der medicinischen Witwen- und Waisen-Societäts-Casse für ...

The year of magical thinking / Joan Didion.

Comforting widows and orphans: a man reads the Bible to a despairing woman with three young children. Aquatint with etching by F.C. Lewis, 1831, after J. Flaxman.

Christ raises the son of the widow of Nain from the dead. Engraving after F. Zuccaro.

Widows

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Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Barlow.

Erhebungsbogen der Witwen- und Waisen-Pension aus der medicinischen Witwen- und Waisen-Societäts-Casse für ...

The year of magical thinking / Joan Didion.

Comforting widows and orphans: a man reads the Bible to a despairing woman with three young children. Aquatint with etching by F.C. Lewis, 1831, after J. Flaxman.

Christ raises the son of the widow of Nain from the dead. Engraving after F. Zuccaro.

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