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  • A procession of penitents before the Colosseum in Rome. Etching by Pinelli, 1820.
  • Head of the penitent Magdalene. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis de Paul, and Saint Peter penitent. Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 17th (?) century.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis de Paul, and Saint Peter penitent. Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 17th (?) century.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis de Paul, and Saint Peter penitent. Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 17th (?) century.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis de Paul, and Saint Peter penitent. Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 17th (?) century.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis de Paul, and Saint Peter penitent. Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 17th (?) century.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis de Paul, and Saint Peter penitent. Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 17th (?) century.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis de Paul, and Saint Peter penitent. Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 17th (?) century.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis de Paul, and Saint Peter penitent. Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 17th (?) century.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis de Paul, and Saint Peter penitent. Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 17th (?) century.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis de Paul, and Saint Peter penitent. Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 17th (?) century.
  • Christ winnowing evil from the human heart; a penitent bathing in the blood and water from Christ's side; an angel locking a dragon in hell. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1578.
  • The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a perspective view looking north-east at the main building, with penitent mothers arriving beside a statue of fortune. Engraving by C. Grignion and P. C. Canot after S. Wale, 1749.
  • Saint Mary Magdalen in penitence. Etching after L. Pasinelli.
  • The Virgin of Maternity, patron of the Third Order of Penitence in the church of S. Salvador at Coimbra. Etching.
  • Works of mercy: just as water extinguishes fire, so works of mercy (with penitence) extinguish sin. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.
  • Saint Mary Magdalen in penitence, contemplating a skull. Etching by T. Vercruys after C. Sacconi after a painting attributed to M. Merisi da Caravaggio.
  • Saint Mary Magdalen. Engraving by A. Marchi after F. Floridi after A. Gentileschi.
  • A Hindu ascetic hanging from hooks through his back (called "cetil"). Line engraving, 1791.
  • A Hindu ascetic hanging from hooks through his back (called "cetil"). Line engraving, 1791.
  • Saint James the hermit beating himself with a stone as he contemplates a skeleton in a tomb. Engraving by G. Piccini after Martin de Vos.
  • The feast in the house of Simon the Pharisee: on the far right Mary Magdalene washes Christ's feet. Etching by V. Lefebvre after P. Caliari, il Veronese.
  • Saint Mary Magdalen anoints Christ's feet at the meal of Simon the Pharisee. Etching by F.A. Ludy after J.F. Overbeck.
  • A white woman is being forced to work a treadmill as a black woman makes a derisory gesture and a white man with a whip watches over. Coloured aquatint.
  • Reformed prostitutes being led in a group through the streets of Naples for fund-raising, watched by people from a window. Engraving.
  • Anne Boleyn, head and shoulders, in a roundel; below, a putto holding a torch downwards, Anne Boleyn's head and an axe. Engraving by J. Houbraken, 1738, after H. Holbein the younger.
  • Saint Thais (?). Etching after G.F. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.
  • Prostitutes being led through the streets of Naples watched by men from the side and from a window. Engraving by Collyer after S. Wale.
  • Saint Mary Magdalen. Engraving by F. Bacon after W. Etty.