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  • The high priest of the Temple inspects the circumcised Christ child, whose head is glowing. Etching by M. Küssell after J.W. Baur.
  • Sir Isaac Pennington in his ceremonial robes as doctor of physic at Cambridge. Coloured pen drawing.
  • The Virgin Mary as an infant among maids. Engraving.
  • Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: the shrine and sacred well. Wood engraving by H. Lanos.
  • The presentation of Jesus at the Temple and the completion of the purification of Mary. Watercolour painting.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Engraving by A. Mochetti supposedly after N. Poussin.
  • A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by earlier frivolity. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • Christ being circumcised in a crowded temple; God is visible with the angels in the sky heralding the start of the Passion. Etching by BM, 1793, after Titian (?).
  • The circumcision of Christ in the Temple. Etching by Father K. Felner, 1779, after C. Dietrich.
  • University of Oxford: the Vice Chancellor of Oxford (1852) and the two former ones walking towards a ceremony. Coloured etching, 1852.
  • Baolee at Ramnagur, Benares, India: the public bath in the Ramnagur Palace. Coloured aquatint, 1813.
  • Merton College, Oxford: a marriage ceremony in the chapel. Coloured aquatint by J. Bluck, 1813, after A.C. Pugin.
  • God appears radiantly behind a black cloud as Moses swings an incense burner; four people are washing their feet and hands in preparation. Etching.
  • The presentation of Jesus at the Temple. Etching by W. Unger after F. Bartolommeo.
  • Bacchus on a chariot preceded by a drunken procession of nude men, women and satyrs all carrying grapes. Engraving, 16--, after G. Romano.
  • Conferment of degrees on the Tsar and the King of Prussia at Oxford in 1814. Coloured engraving.
  • The western and eastern churches represented by St. Peter's in Rome and S. Sophia in Istanbul (Constantinople); Jewish circumcision and the baptism of a baby by a bishop, with a border showing headwear of different groups. Engraving by R. Smith.
  • The newly-born Virgin Mary is washed by maids; Bacchus waits by the bath. Etching by J. Audran.
  • Athenians wearing masks celebrate the vintage by dancing around a statue of Bacchus and sacrificing a goat to him. Engraving by P. Lombard, 1654, after F. Cleyn.
  • Boer War: a wounded Boer General prisoner being taken off the ship at Cape Town. Process print after F. de Haenen after Fyne.
  • Simeon takes the infant Christ in his arms. Etching by A. Smith.
  • A doctor of physic in his ceremonial congregation robes at Oxford. Coloured engraving by J. Agar, 1813, after T. Uwins.
  • 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.
  • A doctor of physic in his ceremonial congregation robes at Oxford. Coloured pen drawing after T. Uwins.
  • Bacchus on a chariot preceded by a drunken procession of nude men, women and satyrs all carrying grapes. Engraving, 16--, after G. Romano.
  • Pan, carrying a basket of grapes, preceded by a woman riding a goat, both followed by a young satyr feeding another goat. Etching after S. Della Bella.
  • Peabody Institute, South Danvers, Massachusetts: the address of welcome ceremony. Coloured lithograph by I.H. Bradford & Co. after W. Snell.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Engraving by A. Mochetti supposedly after N. Poussin.
  • A gathering at the ceremonial drinking of kava and obeisance to the king in Tongatapu, Tonga. Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • Surrounded by ghoulish apparitions, a manic priest carries an enema towards a wretchedly praying man. Aquatint with etching by F. Goya, c. 1797.