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  • A nun holding a medicine spoon with her hospital behind her. Watercolour drawing.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Woodcut.
  • A street altar in Rome, hung with votive offerings, attended by itinerant pipers watched by locals. Watercolour by D.W. Lindau, 1835.
  • Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: the ceremony of immersion. Pencil drawing by R. Cleaver.
  • Two nuns in a pharmacy, one holds a sick child on her lap: Sisters of Charity Order. Mezzotint by T. Oldham Barlow, 1862, after H. Browne.
  • A nun in her habit carrying medicine and her Bible, with her hospital behind her. Watercolour drawing.
  • Page 101: Guru Nanak attended by his musician and holy man. Gouache drawing.
  • Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: the shrine and sacred well. Wood engraving by H. Lanos.
  • A nun from the Hospital of Santo Spirito, Rome. Coloured line engraving by C. Duflos le père.
  • A street altar in Rome, hung with votive offerings, attended by itinerant pipers watched by locals. Watercolour by D.W. Lindau, 1835.
  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ child, saints and martyrs (known as the 'Madonna del Rosario') Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, 1619-21.
  • Las Casas sick with a fever being taken care of by two Peruvian indians. Tinted aquatint.
  • Two young women chasing and sweeping bird figures with mens' heads out of a door, encouraged by two old men in religious habits. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98.
  • Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: activities of pilgrims. Pencil drawing by R. Cleaver.
  • Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: pilgrims praying and confessing by the roadside. Wood engraving.
  • Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées: pilgrims gathered at the cave of Massabielle. Lithograph.
  • Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: activities of pilgrims. Pencil drawing by R. Cleaver.
  • A Hindu priest offering a young woman some holy beads. Gouache drawing.
  • A begging Brahman raising his begging bowl to accept a gift from a woman. Gouache drawing.
  • Two Shiva devotees known for extracting the poison from a scorpion's bite. Gouache drawing.
  • Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: immersion ceremony at the Holy Well. Wood engraving by H. Lanos.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child and Saint Dominic Guzman and the Blessed Alan of Roche. Colour lithograph by K. Van de Vvyvere.
  • A rosary, a medallion of St Benedict, a charm said to cause loss of eyesight, and hands showing lines and features to be interpreted by palmistry (including lines forecasting violent death); all illustrating 'superstition'. Engraving.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Engraving by B.L. Henriquez after Molenchon after B.E. Murillo.
  • Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: activities of pilgrims. Pencil drawing by R. Cleaver.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, Saint Dominic Guzman and Saint Catherine of Siena. Engraving.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child presents the rosary to Saint Dominic Guzman. Coloured engraving.
  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and patron saints of Bologna. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, ca. 1830, after G. Reni, 1630-1.