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  • Members of the Greek Orthodox congregation of the Holy Grave in Jerusalem waiting at Easter for a good position for the arrival of the Holy Light and Lighting. Etching after B. Picart, 1730.
  • The Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox congregation of the Holy Grave in Jerusalem distributes the Holy Light at Easter; members of the congregation fight for it. Etching after B. Picart, 1730.
  • Hudibras confronts, with a pistol, a club-wielding crowd, including Crowdero the fiddler with a peg leg, Taglot the butcher, and Orsin with his bear. Aquatint by Rosenburg, 1799, after William Hogarth.
  • Hezekiah breaking the images and the bronze serpent made by Moses (II Kings 18, 1-4). Woodcut by S. Bernard (?).
  • Saint Peter healing the maimed with his shadow (Acts. 5.14-16). Woodcut by B. Salomon, 15--.
  • A nocturnal assembly of the Adamites begins; everybody takes their clothes off. Etching by F. Morellon la Cave.
  • The crucifixion of Christ; Saint John and the four women lament. Engraving by Wierix after A. Dürer, 1509.
  • A congregation of Jewish mourners lowering a coffin into a grave during a funeral. Engraving by B. Picart, ca. 1733.
  • The Virgin of Succour in the Sanctuary in Via Borgo San Pietro at Bologna. Coloured lithograph.
  • Entrance to a mosque at Chunar, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1786.
  • Mausoleum of Makhdam Shah Daulut at Maner, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1796.
  • Gateway to a mosque, Chunar, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1797.