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Clergy - Clothing

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  • Christ's Hospital: the Great Hall during a ceremony. Engraving by J. G. Walker, 1822, after T. Stothard, 1799.
  • A nun in her habit carrying medicine and her Bible, with her hospital behind her. Watercolour drawing.
  • A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician riding a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession that scares children; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.
  • A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.
  • A monk for the care of sick people dressed in his habit. Coloured line engraving by N. de Poilly.
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    A nun in her habit carrying medicine and her Bible, with her hospital behind her. Watercolour drawing.

    | Reference: 17419i
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    A monk for the care of sick people dressed in his habit. Coloured line engraving by N. de Poilly.

    Poilly, Nicolas de, le jeune, 1675-1747. | Reference: 17405i
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    A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician riding a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession that scares children; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.

    | Reference: 16071i
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    A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.

    | Reference: 16070i
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    Christ's Hospital: the Great Hall during a ceremony. Engraving by J. G. Walker, 1822, after T. Stothard, 1799.

    Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834. | Date: 19 December 1822 | Reference: 24752i
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