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  • A man carrying Holy water with his wife. Gouache drawing.
  • Kavady-kerah and wife: holy water carrier. Gouache drawing.
  • Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: pilgrims seeking cures from the holy water. Wood engraving.
  • A pilgrim carrying holy water from the Jumna. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A holy man holding a stick and a water pot. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • A lame man being doused in water from a holy spring to procure a miraculous cure, in Sarepta (?), Russia. Pen and ink drawing, 1903.
  • A funeral in a French church: the coffin is sprayed with holy water and lowered into the grounds of the church. Etching by B. Picart, 1724.
  • The fountain of the temple of Diana at Pela in Istria used as a holy water stoup in the church at Pela. Pencil drawing by C.F.H. Werner, 1853.
  • Sacred Spring, Zuñi, New Mexico. Coloured lithograph.
  • The Dormition of the Virgin Mary. Chromotypograph.
  • Spa, Belgium: monks and visitors at the fountains of Sauveniere and Groisbeeck. Engraving by M.B. Wachsmuth after A. Le Loup, 1762.
  • Holy Lake, Mount Zouquala, Abyssinia: pilgrims being lead to the lake in hope of a miracle. Watercolour drawing by F. Dadd, 1897.
  • Lakshmi being anointed by the elephants of the directions. Chromolithograph.
  • Consecration of Sri Lakshmi by the Elephants of Directions. Gouache drawing.
  • St. Winifred's Well, Flintshire, Wales: interior. Line engraving by Newman & Co.
  • St. Winifred's Well, Flintshire, Wales. Coloured line engraving.
  • Lourdes and Gave-de-Pau, Hautes Pyrénées, France: peasants fishing with the castle in the background. Lithograph, 1821, after M. Colston.
  • St. Winifred's Well, Flintshire, Wales: interior of the cloisters. Line engraving by W. Angus, 1813.
  • St. Winifred's Well, Flintshire, Wales: exterior. Line engraving by Newman & Co.
  • Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: the shrine and sacred well. Wood engraving by H. Lanos.
  • St. Winifred's Well, Flintshire, Wales. Line engraving by G. Hawkins, 1795(?).
  • Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: the ceremony of immersion. Pencil drawing by R. Cleaver.
  • St. Winifred's Well, Flintshire, Wales. Lithograph.
  • St. Winifred's Well, Flintshire, Wales: interior. Etching by G. Cuitt, 1813.
  • Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem, Israel. Coloured aquatint by L. Mayer, 1804.
  • Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem, Israel. Coloured aquatint by L. Mayer, 1804.
  • The Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem, Israel. Coloured lithograph.
  • Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: immersion ceremony at the Holy Well. Wood engraving by H. Lanos.
  • The Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem, Israel. Coloured lithograph by D. Roberts, 1839.
  • The apostles around the empty tomb watch the Assumption of the Virgin. Engraving.