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Religious Ceremonies and Gatherings

Historical scenes depicting religious ceremonies, gatherings, and rituals, reflecting the cultural context of faith practices over time.

Image worship in Berezovo, Russia. Drawing by Claude Durand-Berger. From kyiv to Berezov, memories of an exile in Siberia, 1839 by Ewa Felinska (1793-1859) Le Tour du Monde 1862
Image worship in Berezovo, Russia. Drawing by Claude Durand-Berger. From kyiv to Berezov, memories of an exile in Siberia, 1839 by Ewa Felinska (1793-1859) Le Tour du Monde 1862
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Africa. Egypt. Belly dance, Cairo, 1845. Engraving. Later colouration.
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Lancashire Cotton Famine (1861-65). Depression in the textile industry of North West England. People waiting for food. Soup kitchen. Engraving. colored.
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HISTORIA DE SIERRA LEONA. Grabado del año 1880 con la representación de un cortejo fúnebre por las calles de Sierra Leona.
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Allegorical representation of the dying Christian, surrounded by angels and love
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Engraving depicting monks working the hoist at the Covent of St. Catherine, Mt. Sinai. Dated 19th century
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Life in a Spanish Monastery, circa 1900
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THE CHAPLAIN OF THE FLEET, DRAWN BY CHARLES GREEN, 1881; "Gentlemen, I perceive that I have been for some time talking to a sleeping audience."
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Prayer and silent worship of The Salvation Army, a Protestant Christian church, woodcut, 1885, England
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Illustration showing the burning of the Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale (c. 1494 - 1536), an English scholar who became a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation in the years leading up to his execution. He is well known for his (incomplete) translation of the Bible into English. In 1535, Tyndale was arrested and jailed in the castle of Vilvoorde (Filford) outside Brussels for over a year. In 1536, he was convicted of heresy and executed by strangulation, after which his body was burnt at the stake.
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'A Parish Feast', 1741. Artist: Unknown
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The temptation of Saint Samuel. Caricature showing Uncle Sam, kneeling in front of the Constitution, surrounded by women with purses that read 'votes for women.'
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Abyssinia, the Wedding of Cana, Cana, fresco from the church of Towari, 1869, today Ethiopia, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original...
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The Hermit Evagrius, from Sylvae Sacrae by Rafael Sadeler (c. 1600), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.
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Procession during the matsuri traditional festival of Sannoo, Japan. Old 19th century engraved illustration Travel to Japan by Aime Humbert from El Mundo en La Mano 1879
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Satirical copper engraving on the vices of the monks, M. Greubner, 17th century
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Entertainment Italian friars. Engraving, 1885. Published on Illustrated Word. Later colouration.
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Death of Mirabeau Honore Gabriel Riqueti Comte de Mirabeau, 1749-1791, French revolutionary statesman, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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The Liberation of Peter, St. Peter, Peter, based on a painting by Raphael, Vatican, Rome, Italy, illustration, reproduction from a 19th century model. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown, historical, engraving of a prison scene with figures and dramatic lighting in Baroque style, monumental and impressive
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Two men try to dissuade a boy from entering the monastery Wer hat einen guten Sporn, der ist recht auszerkorn, print maker: Caspar Luyken, publisher: Christoph Weigel, Neurenberg, 1704, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 86 mm × w 116 mm
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Scene at a synagogue, the great day of atonement, 6th October 1897. Artist: Isaac Snowman
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Spain. Asturias. San Esteban de Pravia. Woman with traditional costume next to the source of Castaneu. Engraving. 19th century.
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Washington Calls on Colonel Rall
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An exiled priest teaches in fields in the Gironde. part of the Aquitaine region in southwest France. after the de-Christianization of France during the French Revolution in 1789. digital reproduction of a historical original
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ROGATION DAY IN THE OLDEN TIMES: BEATING THE BOUNDS, 1881
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The Scots Holding Their Young Kings Nose to the Grindstone. The Presbyterian church in Scotland was determined that under Charles II they would keep their independence from the Anglican church which they had obtained during the reign of Charles I. After a broadside of 1651.
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Washington, elected president of the United States, bids farewell to his mother, vintage engraving. Washington, elected president of the United States, bids farewell to his mother, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10674082
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History of France. Expulsion of the Jesuits. Police commissioners requiring the Jesuit Fathers to leave the premises, in the foyer of the Headquarters of Sevres Street in Paris. Engraving. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1880.
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The Heathen Chinee, 1871, Currier & Ives, (Active 1857-1907/American), Handcolored lithograph
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Abraham and the Three Angels by Murillo. Painting owned by Duke of Sutherland
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AN IRISH DANCING MASTER IN AMERICA, ENGRAVING 1876, US, USA, America, United States
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May Day revels in England in the time of Charles I (1625-1649)
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The New Year's Eve custom of telling fortunes by the shapes made by molten lead dropped into cold water, historical engraving, 1883
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Inquisition. Public hanging of witches. 1678. Edinburg. Engraving.
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'The Birth of Christ'. Creator: Unknown.
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Sufi mystics of ancient Persian Zoroastrianism read prayer books under a thatched hut. I sofi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1847.
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Illustration depicting a mother, with her son, visiting her daughter's grave. Dated 19th Century
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Biblical Story, Widows Overreaching, Historical Steel Engraving from 1860
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History of Russia. Serfdom. Punishment of a slave with a whip. Engraving. 18th century.
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The well preserved body of Napoleon revealed when his coffin was opened on Saint Helena in 1840 before his remains were returned to France. He had died 19 years earlier, on May 5, 1821. After a mid-
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RECEPTION OF THE BODY BY THE CLERGY AT THE ENTRANCE OF ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL; THE FUNERAL OF HIS LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CONSORT; PRINCE ALBERT
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Flemish 18th century illustration depicting a meeting of Freemasons. Circa 1760. Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century
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The International Exhibition - View in the Natal Court, 1862. Visitors inspecting horns, skins, and stuffed animals from South Africa. Note model of covered wagon. The International Exhibition of 1862 was a world's fair held from 1 May to 1 November 1862 in South Kensington, London. The site now houses museums including the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.
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Biblical story, Christian house blessing, historical steel engraving from 1860
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Scripture Reader in a Night Shelter: Destitute men lying on the long communal bed slope in a London night shelter listening to the nightly reading from the Bible before the fish-tail gas lights were extinguished. From Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold London: A Pilgrimage, London, 1872.
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Priest and altar servers, historical woodcut, circa 1888
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Leute stehen im Kreis um eines Station des Kreuzweges, in der Christnacht, Brauchtum des Kreisstehens, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion e...
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History of Spain. War of Independence (1808-1814). Revolution of Valencia in 1808 (23 May to 28 October 1808). The Franciscan priest Juan Rico y Vidal had a significant role in the uprising against the French that took place in Valencia on 23 May 1808. The priest Rico is carried in triumph to the door of the audience. Illustration by J. Alaminos. Chromolithography. "Historia General de España" (General History of Spain), by Miguel Morayta. Volume VII. Madrid, 1893. Author: Juan Alaminos. Spanish artist of the second half of the 19th century.
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Auctioning slaves in the West Indies after their transportation from West Africa. From Rev. Isaac Taylor 'Scenes in Africa' London 1824. Hand-coloured engraving.
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Torture, Punishment, Punishment, A Chinese man with his hands bound, surrounded by a guard with a chain and a guard with a stick, kneels in front of a man sitting at his desk and his two assistants, c. 1810, China, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Asia
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Hungarian folk dancing, 19th century engraving
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Jesus consoles the women of Jerusalem , Biblical events, Stations of the Cross, Jesus Christ
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superstition necromancy seance with table turning colour woodcut France circa 1850 private collection historic historical Europe 19th century esotericism occultism magic table sitting ghost ghosts invocation,
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History. Freemasonery. Initation of master. Engraving. (Later colouration). Iconographic Enclyclopaedia of science, Literature and Art. 19th century. Author: HENRY WINKLES. Johan George Heck.
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Gendarme checks the three kings to see if they have permission to parade through the streets in disguise, bureaucracy, law and order, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, coloured, Gendarme checks the three kings to see if they have permission to parade through the streets in disguise, bureaucracy, law and order, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, coloured
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Religious costumes in 1880, from left: Augustinian, Fathers of Death, Beguine, Ursuline, Benedictine, Clarissine, Annunciate, La Trappe in house traditional costume and at work, historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century model
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The Late Senator Charles Sumner - Ceremonies in the Capitol - Colored People of Washington, Headed by Frederick Douglas, viewing the remains, 1874
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'Hindu Fakirs Practising Their Superstitious Rites Under the Banyan Tree'.Artist: Bell
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Abyssinia, the Wedding of Cana, Cana, fresco from the church of Towari, 1869, today Ethiopia, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original
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Death of the Reverend Father Salvatore, a Franciscan monk, 1895. Eurocentric portrayal of historical events - scene from the Massacres of Armenia card series produced by the chocolate factory at the Monastery of Aiguebelle.
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Funeral of the Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth Amelia von Pfalz-Neuburg, 1722, historical illustration
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The first Thanksgiving in 1621. pilgrims and natives gather to share a meal, Indians and settlers in the American West, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.