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  • The Cross and Crown of Thorns with a bunch of roses. Chromolithograph.
  • Saint Louis carrying the crown of thorns through the streets of Sens. Pencil drawing after B. Gaillot, 1824.
  • Christ is paraded before the people wearing a crown of thorns. Etching by F.P. Massau after J.F. Overbeck, 1848.
  • Jesus is exhibited to the people wearing a crown of thorns. Line engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1587, after A. Allegri, il Correggio.
  • Christ wearing the crown of thorns is presented by Pilate to the Jews. Engraving by G.T. Doo, 1850, after A. Allegri, il Correggio.
  • Euphorbia milii Des Moul. Euphorbiaceae. Crown of Thorns - so called because of its very spiny stems. Distribution: Madagascar. The latex contains a copper-containing amine oxidase, a lectin, lipase, peroxidase, and a diamine oxidase. In vitro the latex is synergistic with ketoconazole against Candida albicans (thrush). All Euphorbia have a toxic white latex, and in Europe this has been used as a folk remedy to treat warts. It can cause skin allergies and the smoke from burning them is toxic. the genus named for Euphorbus (fl. circa 10 BC – 20 AD), the Greek physician to the Berber King Juba II (c. 50 BC – 23 AD) of Numidia, Euphorbia milii is one of the tropical spurges, with fierce, cactus-like spines, grown as a house plant. The sap of spurges is used in folk medicine for treating warts (not very effective), and, historically, as a purgative - the word spurge being derived from the French word for purgation. The sap (probably dried) was administered inside a fig because it is so corrosive that it would otherwise burn the mouth and oesophagus – a technique used today, rather more subtly, with ‘enteric coated’ medications. The sap contains a potential anti-leukaemic chemical, lasiodoplin, and is also used in drainage ditches to kill the snails which carry the parasitic trematode which causes fasciolaris. It does not kill the fish. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • The mocking and flagellation of Christ; he is crowned with thorns and beaten with sticks. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Carracci.
  • The mocking and flagellation of Christ; he is crowned with thorns and handed a reed as a mock sceptre. Line engraving by S.A. Bolswert after A. van Dyck.
  • Saint Rita da Cascia. Line engraving by J. Frey, 1736, after Giacinto Brandi.
  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows. Etching.
  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows. Lithograph.
  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows. Colour lithograph by N.J. Strixner, 1818, after Q. Matsys.
  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows. Lithograph by Geoffroy.
  • The Christ as Man of Sorrows in the College Church of Antequera. Engraving by J.M. Martin.
  • Christ as Man of Sorrows. Wood engraving.
  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows. Engraving by W. Sharp, 1798, after G. Reni.
  • The Virgin holds the dead Christ in her arms. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after A. Tiarini.
  • The deposition of Christ from the cross. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Niccolò da Cremona, 1518.
  • Christ crowned with thorns. Engraving after A. Durer, 1512.
  • King Charles I. Mezzotint by J. Smith.
  • The Virgin and Saint Mary Magdalene lament over the dead Christ. Line engraving by L. Kilian after H. von Aachen.
  • An old couple lie in their sick bed receiving alms from a girl with the encouragement of her mother and a nun. Line engraving by Th.-F. Vi-., 1781, after J.B. Greuze.
  • Sankt Georgenberg, Austria: the reliquary of the sacred blood of Jesus. Line engraving by J.A. Fridrich, 17--.
  • Christ's body is carried to its tomb. Engraving by L. Kilian after J. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • The dead Christ is taken down from the cross. Line engraving by D. Falcini after F. Barocci.
  • King Charles I praying. Engraving by W. Marshall, 1649.
  • Christ's body is carried to its tomb; the lamenting women watch. Line engraving by A. Sadeler after F. Barocci.
  • King Charles I praying. Engraving by Abraham Hertochs, 1662 after P. Fruytiers after W. Marshall.
  • The agony of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane; an angel descends to strengthen him while cherubs hover with the instruments of the Passion. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella.
  • Souls in purgatory, looking up at the wounds of Christ and at the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart. Watercolour.