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  • Sir Thomas Bernard. Stipple engraving by C. Picart after W. J. Wright after J. Opie.
  • Sir Thomas Bernard. Stipple engraving by C. Picart, 1815, after J. or T. Wright after J. Opie.
  • Cupid prevents a satyr from taking advantage of Venus as she sleeps. Etching by Bernard Picart after himself.
  • The ceremonies and religious customs of the various nations of the known world. Together with historical annotations, and several curious discourses... / Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates ... designed by Mr. Bernard Picart ... Faithfully translated into English, by a gentleman some time since of St. John's College in Oxford.
  • The ceremonies and religious customs of the various nations of the known world. Together with historical annotations, and several curious discourses... / Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates ... designed by Mr. Bernard Picart ... Faithfully translated into English, by a gentleman some time since of St. John's College in Oxford.
  • A saint lying on his death bed is visited by the Virgin, saints and angels. Etching by B. Picart after G. Reni.
  • Saint Roch. Etching by B. Picart after G. Reni.
  • The Roman Catholic sacraments: baptism. Etching after B. Picart.
  • A Zoroastrian baptism in Persia. Etching after B. Picart.
  • A baptism being administered by a priest in a church. Etching by B. Picart.
  • Various rites and cermonies for the burial of a pope, including the catafalque during the funeral and the funeral procession. Engraving by B Picart, 1724.
  • The pope takes possession of his office: the procession to St. John Lateran. Etching by B. Picart, 1722.
  • A celebration party is given in honour of a newly-married couple. Engraving by B. Picart after himself.
  • An auto-da-fé of the Spanish Inquisition held in a church. Engraving by B. Picart.
  • The washing of poor men's feet by the Pope on Holy Thursday. Etching after B. Picart.
  • Fools carved on the finial of the staff of the Compagnie Mère-Folle (Mère-Folie) at Dijon, 1482. Line engraving by or after B. Picart.
  • A congregation of Russian mourners preparing a corpse for burial. Engraving with etching by B. Picart, 1732.
  • A congregation of Jewish mourners lowering a coffin into a grave during a funeral. Engraving by B. Picart, ca. 1733.
  • An auto-da-fé of the Spanish Inquisition and the execution of sentences by burning heretics on the stake in a market place. Engraving by B. Picart.
  • Suttee. Engraving after B. Picart, ca. 1730.
  • A Parsee or Zoroastrian funeral: the body is viewed by a dog, before being exposed on a tower to be eaten by vultures. Engraving after B. Picart, 1727.
  • A funeral procession following a coffin, laid out on a bier, into a church. Etching by B. Picart, 1724.
  • The sacrament of the Roman Catholic church; ordination. Etching after B. Picart.
  • A celebration party given in honour of a good harvest. Engraving by B. Picart, 1733, after Virgil.
  • A burial suttee: a widow has been placed in a grave beside her dead husband. Engraving after B. Picart, 1729.
  • Saint Gregory, doubting the stigmata of Saint Francis, sees in a dream Saint Francis filling a chalice with his blood. Engraving by B. Picart, 1732.
  • Left, a young woman condemned to be burnt alive by the Spanish Inquisition; right, a young man about to be burnt alive at the stake by the Spanish Inquisition. Engraving by B. Picart, 1722.
  • A Chinese monk having been found with a woman has his neck pierced with a chain and is whipped by another monk when he touches his neck. Engraving attributed to B. Picart.
  • 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.
  • A funeral in a French church: the coffin is sprayed with holy water and lowered into the grounds of the church. Etching by B. Picart, 1724.