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  • Saint Mary Magdalen. Engraving by F. Bacon after W. Etty.
  • Saint Mary Magdalen. Etching by F. Basan after P.F. Mola.
  • Christ feasts in Zacchaeus's well-stocked house. Etching by J.B. Vrints after P. van der Borcht.
  • Saint Mary Magdalen. Engraving by H. Guttenberg after G.B. Wicar after F. Furini.
  • A Chinese monk having been found with a woman has his neck pierced with a chain and is whipped by another monk when he touches his neck. Engraving attributed to B. Picart.
  • Saint Mary Magdalen. Line engraving by J. Massard after G.B. Wicar after G.A. Carlone.
  • Saint Mary Magdalen. Etching after G.F. Grimaldi.
  • Westminster Abbey: interior looking east during the Royal Music Festival, 1834. Wood engraving by Sly and Wilson, 1843.
  • Two Jews in a synagogue are stripped to the waist and flogged with leather straps while others have assembled for religious observance. Engraving by P. Tanjé after F. van Bleyswyck, 17--.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi: he hears music played on a violin by an angel. Engraving by S. de La Vallée after F. Lauri.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi. Engraving by M.G. Aubert, 1724, after G. Reni.
  • A skeleton as memento mori. Etching.
  • Saint Jerome. Line engraving by M. Dossier after A. Dieu.
  • Jonah holding a skull. Etching.
  • The communion of Saint Mary of Egypt, framed by other scenes from her life. Woodcut.
  • Top: Chinese men seeking alms by threatening to kill themselves by self-mutilation, one (left) kneeling to hit his head against a rock, and the other (right) with burning herbs on his head; below, a monk being whipped as a punishment for promiscuity. Engraving by C. Du Bosc after B. Picart after J. Nieuhof.
  • A woman lies in bed, lovesick (representing the Netherlands); attendants try to raise her spirits by showing her a portrait of the newly appointed Stadholder, William III Prince of Orange (subsequently William III King of England). Engraving, ca. 1672.
  • A Christian Roman soldier receiving the Extreme Unction. Engraving by B. Audran I after N. Poussin, 1644-48.