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  • A procession of penitents before the Colosseum in Rome. Etching by Pinelli, 1820.
  • Episodes in the plague in Rome in 1656-1657. Etching.
  • Episodes in the plague in Rome in 1656-1657. Etching.
  • Episodes in the plague in Rome in 1656-1657. Etching.
  • Episodes in the plague in Rome in 1656-1657. Etching.
  • Episodes in the plague in Rome in 1656-1657. Etching.
  • Saint Benedict: a poor peasant, enslaved by Zalla, a Goth brigand, is brought before the saint, who frees him from his restraints. Engraving by G. Giovannini after L. Garbieri.
  • Mount Vesuvius erupting: view from the south, with surrounding countryside and coastline. Coloured etching by F. Morghen, 1752, after F. Geri, 1752.
  • The Holy Shroud of Turin, the Sainte Chapelle at Chambery and S. Giovanni Battista at Turin; the encounter of Duke Emanuel Philibert of Savoy with Saint Carlo Borromeo at the Porta Palatina; the entombment of Christ' and the presentation of the Holy Shroud to Godfrey of Bouillon in Jerusalem. Colour lithograph by A. Layolo.
  • Saint Camillus de Lellis praying before an altar. Engraving by G. Petroschi.
  • The Virgin of Loreto with a piece of the actual veil with which it was covered on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday of an unspecified year; attached with a paper seal. Woodcut with attached cloth.
  • Episodes in the plague in Rome in 1656-1657. Etching.
  • World War II: hygiene instructions for Italian cooks working for the British army in Italy. Colour lithograph by Stacey Hopper, 1945.
  • King Charles VIII of France visiting the deathbed of Gian Galeazzo Sforza at the Palazzo Ducale, Pavia, 1494. Engraving by G. Beretta after P. Palagi.
  • A bath-house for galley-slaves, in which the first treatment of scabies was said to have been undertaken. Process print after a drawing.