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  • Fangguangyan monastery, Fujian province, China: a monk ringing the bell. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870-1871.
  • Fangguangyan monastery, Fujian province, China: a monk ringing the bell. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870-1871.
  • A bishop wearing spectacles and a monk reading a book. Reproduction of a painting after Pisanello.
  • Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): a seated monk and a boy wearing regalia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): a seated monk and a boy wearing regalia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Two young people and an old monk in prayer. Etching by V. Ferreri after B. Pinelli.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi, kneeling, contemplating a crucifix; a Franciscan monk in the background. Etching, 17--.
  • The blessed Pietro Gambacorta of Pisa with a monk, and angels above. Etching by F. Bencovitch.
  • Majorca: a monk dances with a young woman as others watch, accompanied by a guitarist. Etching.
  • A monk-physician examining a flask of urine, with the woman who had brought it to him.
  • An old monk in his habit drinks from a large glass and waves with his left hand. Engraving.
  • The head of a young Franciscan monk. Colour crayon-manner print by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after Annibale Carracci.
  • Holy Land (Palestine): a monk and other people praying in a church. Colour lithograph by C. Werner, 1863.
  • Japanese funeral customs: a Buddhist monk kneels before a coffin; mourners kneel behind him. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A man (a Buddhist monk?) sitting cross-legged wearing robes and beads and holding a bell. Photograph, 1910/1930.
  • Two women comforting a boy while a monk sits beside in despair. Wood engraving after Jessie MacGregor, 1872.
  • A monk for the care of sick people dressed in his habit. Coloured line engraving by N. de Poilly.
  • The monk Phra Malai converses with Indra in heaven (right) and a bodhisattva in heaven with his attendants (left)
  • A fakir (mendicant monk) or holy man, holding up a bowl of fire. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A woman undresses as a man wearing a monk's habit stands nearby with a whip in his hand. Etching.
  • A poor woodcutter picks lotus flowers in a pond (right) and presents them to the monk Phra Malai (left)
  • A kneeling figure in a monk's habit, with hands clasped in prayer. Engraving by Defehrt after J.H. Fragonard.
  • A girl making her confession to a monk from her sick bed. Lithograph by J. Woelfjle, after C. van Beveran.
  • Saint Faith, holding a gridiron, being addressed in prayer by a monk; the Crucifixion below. Etching after J. Schnebbelie, 1821.
  • The monk Phra Malai converses with Indra in heaven (top right) and a bodhisattva in heaven with accompanying angels (bottom)
  • The monk Phra Malai converses with Indra in heaven (top right) and a bodhisattva in heaven with accompanying angels (bottom)
  • A man in a monk's habit is buried alive with a Jesuit priest and spectators bearing halberds looking on. Etching.
  • A monk in full habit lying on his deathbed holding a snuffed candle in his right hand. Line engraving with etching.
  • A pilgrim discovers a monk at night who kneels in prayer before the Cross. Etching by C. Heath after R. Westall.
  • A country doctor writing out a prescription for a sick patient, his wife and a monk are in the background. Engraving.