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  • The Virgin Mary and Christ child with saints (the 'Felicini' altar piece). Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F. Francia, 1494.
  • A papal procession inside St. Peter's for the occasion of the canonisation of saints in the year 1712, under Clement XI. Etching.
  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and patron saints of Bologna. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, ca. 1830, after G. Reni, 1630-1.
  • A believer, called by death, with his guardian angel pointing to heaven, where saints will intercede for him. Etching by An[dreas] Trost.
  • A bishop saint (Saint Nicholas?) with Saint Dominic Guzman (?) greeting two monk saints, surrounded by a crowd of onlookers. Lithograph by N.J. Strixner, 1811, after G.B. Paggi.
  • The Virgin with four saints: the archangel Michael, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Apollonia and Saint John the Evangelist. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after P. Vannucci, il Perugino.
  • The Holy Cross, with Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint Mary Magdalen, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Radegund, Saint Paula, Saint Helen, Constantine the Great and other saints in adoration. Engraving by N. Beatrizet, 1557.
  • The Holy Cross, with Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint Mary Magdalen, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Radegund, Saint Paula, Saint Helen, Constantine the Great and other saints in adoration. Engraving by N. Beatrizet, 1557.
  • A cross with the Virgin of the Ursulines at Landshut, the wounds of Christ, and saints used against witchcraft, fire, plague, and storms. Etching.
  • Martyrdom of Christian saints by being shut up to be bitten by mice or rats, crowded together like locusts, or trampled by horses. Woodcut.
  • John Islip on his death bed surrounded by saints and monks: the Virgin Mary intercedes for him. Etching by James Basire the elder, 1808.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, four male saints, Saint Antony of Padua, Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Mary Magdalen. Engraving by A.H. Payne after Andrea del Sarto.
  • By the King, a proclamation, appointing the general fast, which ... falleth out to be on Wednesday of the first of November, being All-Saints Day, to be kept on the Wednesday following, being the eight of that month.
  • The coronation of the Virgin with four saints: Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint John the Evangelist, Saint John the Baptist and Saint Benedict or Saint Romuald. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.
  • A prayer for the liberation from the plague with images of the wounds of Christ, the Instruments of the Passion and of interceding saints. Etching.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, with God and the Holy Ghost, and the heads of two monastic saints. Lithograph by N. Sanesi after Domenico Veneziano.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child and angels, accompanied by Saint Margaret, Saint Adelaide (?), Saint Catherine, and other saints. Etching by G. Benaglia, 1812, after A. De' Antoni after E. Salmeggia.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) in glory with Saint Clare, Saint Philip Neri, Saint Charles Borromeo, Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Peter the Apostle and Saint Louis Bertrand, angels and other saints. Etching by P. Aquila, 1671 (?), after C. Maratta.
  • A cross with the image of the Virgin of the Ursulines at Landshut, surrounded by saints, used to protect against witchcraft, fire, plague and storms. Etching.
  • The Virgin of Succour venerated in the Sanctuary in the Borgo San Pietro at Bologna, appears above the town and is asked by Saints Peter, Paul, Roch and Sebastian to liberate the town from the plague of 1527. Etching by L. Capponi.
  • The dead Christ with the Virgin Mary and angels with Saint Petronius, Saint Dominic, Saint Charles Borromeo, Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Florian (all patron saints of Bologna) below. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.
  • The Holy Cross with the image of the Virgin of the Ursulines at Landshut, surrounded by saints, used for protection against witchcraft, fire, plague and storms. Etching.
  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ child, saints and martyrs (known as the 'Madonna del Rosario') Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, 1619-21.
  • Christ on a triumphal chariot with saints, martyrs, sibyls and other figures; representing the triumph of faith (?). Engraving by S. Pomarede after G.A. Buti after Bonifacio de' Pitati.
  • The Virgin of Mercy responding to the intercessions of saints by protecting people from arrows symbolising disease; the Devil rules below, where plague attacks the land. Lithograph after L. Dottorini after Benedetto Bonfigli, 1464 (?).
  • The encouragement to works of charity and mercy, from Christ's acceptance of them as done to himself. A sermon preached in the Parish Church of All Saints in Northampton, before the President and Governors of the County Infirmary for sick and lame poor on Thursday, March 29, 1744 / by Richard Grey ... ; To which are added, the statutes of the said Infirmary.
  • A c. 16th century qit'a Nasat'liq. A piece or selection or fragment of poetry or prose mounted and given as gifts or used as wall decorations. Text comprises sayings of Abu l-Hasan al-Harquani, one of the exalted of the Awliya (saints), a contemporary ruler of Gazna, Mahmud Gaznawi (d. 1030). Signed: Muhammad Husayn
  • Saint George and Saint Antony of Padua, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Peter the Apostle, Saint Philomena, Saint Anne, Saint Barbara, Saint John the Baptist and Saint Agnes. Coloured etching with embossed border.
  • Saint Constantine, Saint Paraskeva, Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian. Tempera painting.
  • Saint Matthew, Saint Simon, Saint Jude Thaddeus and Saint Matthias. Colour lithograph.