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  • Purgatory. Etching by E. Henne after P. Bruegel the elder.
  • The Virgin of Mount Carmel above sufferers in purgatory. Engraving.
  • The levels of hell depicted as circular stone tiers; purgatory lies outside its walls. Engraving.
  • Souls in purgatory, looking up at the wounds of Christ and at the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart. Watercolour.
  • Souls in purgatory, looking up at the wounds of Christ and at the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart. Watercolour.
  • Souls in purgatory, looking up at the wounds of Christ and at the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart. Watercolour.
  • Rome: people praying at a catafalque in a church for the souls in purgatory. Coloured lithograph by F. Villain after A.J.-B. Thomas, 1823.
  • Saint Teresa: she is encouraged by Christ to bring aid to Bernardino de Mendoza in purgatory by building a convent on land given to her by Bernardino. Engraving by C. Warren after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • Saint Teresa: she is encouraged by Christ to bring aid to Bernardino de Mendoza in purgatory by building a convent on land given to her by Bernardino. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • Saint Andrew Avellino. Engraving by L.M.
  • Episodes in Dante's Divine comedy. Etchings by B. Pinelli, 1824-1826.
  • The death of infants: a skeleton representing Death grabs and eats infants who die innocent of vice but unendowed with the theological virtues. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
  • The circles of hell and limbo (containing Abraham and Lazarus) beneath the earth; snakes appear at the surface of the earth. Engraving by J. Wierix, 1595.
  • Pilgrims on the three ways to eternity. Coloured wood engraving by F. Georgin.
  • Saint Nicholas of Tolentino. Engraving on red silk.
  • Saint Nicholas of Tolentino. Engraving on red silk.
  • A woman praying for a child, with intercessors in a fire. Oil painting by an Italian painter, 1887.
  • A woman praying for a child, with intercessors in a fire. Oil painting by an Italian painter, 1887.
  • A woman praying for a child, with intercessors in a fire. Oil painting by an Italian painter, 1887.
  • Four heads representing the souls of people who have given different degrees of attention to spiritual matters. Engraving after R. Sadeler.
  • The Holy Shroud of Turin; above, mourning angels beside the Cross. Coloured etching.