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Three people praying around the bed of a sick man, one is a priest. Line engraving by I. Taylor.

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

Six portraits of eminent seventeenth century men. Engraving.

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

Samuel Wilberforce. Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1871.

Nicholas Byfield, a man who had a large bladder-stone. Line engraving, 1790.

Nonsense talked by a cobbler compared to the talk of a parson and a surgeon-apothecary. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams, ca. 1812.

The London Hospital, Whitechapel: the ceremony of laying the foundation stone for the new wing. Wood engraving, 1864.

Franco-Prussian War: ambulancemen collecting the wounded and dead at Champigné. Etching by A. Lançon, 1870.

Prelates: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

Strong men of the Church / by Rev. E.C. Dawson.

Dr Sangrado taking the pulse of a sick clergyman. Engraving by Thurston, 1802, after C. Warren after A. Le Sage.

Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk: interior. Etching by B. Winkles, 1837, after R. Garland.

Crowds of sick people and clergy gathering at the tomb of F. de Paris where people had been cured. Engraving.

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Strong men of the Church / by Rev. E.C. Dawson.

Dr Sangrado taking the pulse of a sick clergyman. Engraving by Thurston, 1802, after C. Warren after A. Le Sage.

Nicholas Byfield, a man who had a large bladder-stone. Line engraving, 1790.

Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk: interior. Etching by B. Winkles, 1837, after R. Garland.

Crowds of sick people and clergy gathering at the tomb of F. de Paris where people had been cured. Engraving.