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  • A priest administering extreme unction to a dying nun. Colour stipple engraving.
  • The extreme unction of Christ. Chiaroscuro woodcut by J. Skippe, 1783, after F. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.
  • A priest administering the sacrament of extreme unction to a dying woman. Wood engraving by N. Knilling.
  • A Christian-Roman soldier is administered extreme unction by a priest. Etching by Beyer after N. Poussin.
  • A Christian Roman soldier receiving the Extreme Unction. Engraving by B. Audran I after N. Poussin, 1644-48.
  • A priest administering extreme unction to a dying man in a bedchamber with a makeshift altar. Etching by B. Picart, 1724.
  • A priest administering extreme unction to a dying man in a bedchamber with a makeshift altar. Etching by B. Picart, 1724.
  • A dying man receiving extreme unction from a priest while surrounded by servants and his grieving family. Etching by A. Baratti after A. Novelli after B. Picart.
  • A young knight in full armour receiving extreme unction from a priest surrounded by his grieving family. Line engraving with stipple by J. Goodyear after G. Cattermole.
  • A dying man receiving extreme unction from a priest while surrounded by his grieving family. Line engraving with etching by N.F.J. Masquelier and A.J. Dubois Drahonet after J.B. Jouvenet.
  • The last rites being administered at the deathbed of a dying monk. Etching by J.A. Riedel, 1754, after G.M. Crespi.
  • John Islip on his death bed surrounded by saints and monks: the Virgin Mary intercedes for him. Etching by James Basire the elder, 1808.
  • The last sacrament of Saint Jerome. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, 1830, after Annibale Carracci.
  • The death of Saint Benedict. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after D.M. Canuti.
  • A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by earlier frivolity. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by early frivolity. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A woman being shown her newborn child for the final time before she receives the last rites. Engraving by A.H. Payne after C. Piloty.
  • Ambroise Paré using a ligature on an artery of an amputated leg of a soldier, during the Siege of Metz, 1553. Photogravure after T. Chartran, 1889.
  • Chaos in the aftermath of battle with the dead and wounded being attended to as the armies retreat. Engraving by J. J. Kleinschmidt after G. P. Rugendas I.