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  • A preacher standing inside a barrel and preaching repentance arouses guilt, alarm and confusion in the minds of his audience. Engraving by T. Sanders after Tim Bobbin (John Collier).
  • Saint Mary Magdalen: she repents in a landscape. Etching by Perelle.
  • Thoughts on the plan for a Magdalen-House for repentant prostitutes / [Anon].
  • Saint Peter repenting. Line engraving by B.A. Nicolet after G.B. Wicar after J. Ribera (?).
  • On his deathbed a priest and various monsters try to persuade the sinner to repent. Colour lithograph.
  • Francisci Torti ... Therapeutice specialis ad febres quasdam perniciosas, inopinatò, ac repentè lethales, una verò china china, peculiari methodo ministrata, sanabiles ... Aucta curationum historiis, quaestionibus, ac animadversionibus practicis ... / [Francesco Torti].
  • Francisci Torti ... Therapeutice specialis ad febres quasdam perniciosas, inopinatò, ac repentè lethales, una verò china china, peculiari methodo ministrata, sanabiles ... Aucta curationum historiis, quaestionibus, ac animadversionibus practicis ... / [Francesco Torti].
  • Two faces expressing dejection. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • Head of the penitent Magdalene. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Enoch in the clouds above a group of people at a festival. Etching.
  • Saint Mary Magdalene. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after T. Viti.
  • 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.
  • Antiochus IV of Syria, sick and injured by a fall from his chariot, dictates his will as surgeons bandage his leg. Etching by N. Hallé, 1738.
  • 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.
  • Left, a young man avoiding being burnt at the stake for heresy by the Spanish Inquisition by recanting; left, a young woman avoiding being burned alive by recanting after the judgement. Engraving by B. Picart, 1722.
  • Left, a man convicted of heresy in the Spanish Inquisition; right, a nun that escaped being burned at the stake by recanting. Engraving by B. Picart, 1722.
  • A tree bearing fruit labelled with virtues; representing the life of the Christian. Coloured etching by J. Couse, c. 1780, after J. Bakewell.
  • Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (Frederick the Wise) and Martin Luther kneeling at the feet of Christ on the cross. Woodcut, 1555.
  • Saint Mary Magdalen. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after M.A. Franceschini.
  • An ape in military attire, sitting astride a hog, confronts a baboon, also in military attire, who sits astride a bear. Engraving by F. Barlow, ca. 1679/1680.
  • An ape in military attire, sitting astride a hog, confronts a baboon, also in military attire, who sits astride a bear. Engraving by F. Barlow, ca. 1679/1680.
  • Bartholomew Fair, site of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, pictured in 1721. Aquatint with etching after T. Loggon, c. 1824 (?).
  • Bartholomew Fair, site of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, pictured in 1721. Aquatint with etching after T. Loggon, c. 1824 (?).
  • Tillingham : A second Virgin Mary! : from some fragmentary leaves, in the possession of Charles Clark. (Fac-simile reprint) / printed by Charles Clark, (an amateur) at his Private Press.
  • Above, the martyr Vincent is tortured by being placed on a gridiron with spikes over a fire and being prodded with pliers; below, Julitta is tortured on the rack and her child hurled to the ground and killed by governor Alexander. Engraving with etching.
  • The martyrdom of Julitta and her infant son Cyricus: while Julitta is on the rack before the governor's throne, an enraged governor is lifting her son to hurl him on the steps of his throne. Etching after D. Dodd.
  • Love as a wicker trap enticing people into marriage: couples dance into the trap; Cupid is sitting above the entrance. Engraving, 17--.
  • Love as a wicker trap enticing people into marriage: couples dance into the trap; Cupid is sitting above the entrance. Engraving, 17--.
  • Christ carries the bodily remains of the dead up a ladder to his position on the cross. Etching by A. Hirschvogel, 1547.
  • Denderbelle, East Flanders, Belgium: pilgrims visiting the church of Saint Cornelius in search of cures for their nervous disorders. Engraving, ca. 191-.