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A nun holding a medicine spoon with her hospital behind her. Watercolour drawing.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Woodcut.

A street altar in Rome, hung with votive offerings, attended by itinerant pipers watched by locals. Watercolour by D.W. Lindau, 1835.

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

Two nuns in a pharmacy, one holds a sick child on her lap: Sisters of Charity Order. Mezzotint by T. Oldham Barlow, 1862, after H. Browne.

A nun in her habit carrying medicine and her Bible, with her hospital behind her. Watercolour drawing.

Page 101: Guru Nanak attended by his musician and holy man. Gouache drawing.

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

A nun from the Hospital of Santo Spirito, Rome. Coloured line engraving by C. Duflos le père.

Page 39: a religious muslim couple with the woman completely veiled. Watercolour drawing.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées: pilgrims gathered at the cave of Massabielle. Lithograph.

Two Shiva devotees known for extracting the poison from a scorpion's bite. Gouache drawing.

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A nun from the Hospital of Santo Spirito, Rome. Coloured line engraving by C. Duflos le père.

A nun holding a medicine spoon with her hospital behind her. Watercolour drawing.

Page 39: a religious muslim couple with the woman completely veiled. Watercolour drawing.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées: pilgrims gathered at the cave of Massabielle. Lithograph.

Two Shiva devotees known for extracting the poison from a scorpion's bite. Gouache drawing.