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Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: the Chapel of Votive Tablets. Photograph from a negative of 1913.

Men worship an ass bearing a religious image; alluding to both Aesop's fable of the ass and idol worship in Arianism and contemporary Catholicism. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

Mary and Joseph walk to Egypt with the infant Jesus. Engraving by N. Pitau, 1666, after S. François.

Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: a display of figurines and fetishes. Photograph from a negative of 1913.

After healing a lame man, the apostles Paul and Barnabas are mistaken for gods at Lystra; the priest brings them a sacrifice of oxen. Etching after Raphael.

Satyrs grouped around a statue, displaying the attributes of greed and venality. Etching by J. Audran after C. Gillot.

Kamakura, Japan: large statue of "Daibootz" or the "Great Buddha", in wooded country. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Sarawak: a wooden carving of Bali Atap, a Tutelary deity. Photograph.

Episodes in the Pentateuch involving sacrifice, worship and idol-worshipping. Engraving.

Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: figurines in the Hall of Primitive Medicine. Photograph, 1913 (?).

Paul tells the people of Greece about the last judgement; some mock and others believe. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, 1679, after C. Ferri.

After healing a lame man, the apostles Paul and Barnabas are mistaken for gods at Lystra; the priest brings them a sacrifice of oxen. Etching by B. Lépicié, 1721, after Raphael.

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Paul tells the people of Greece about the last judgement; some mock and others believe. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, 1679, after C. Ferri.

After healing a lame man, the apostles Paul and Barnabas are mistaken for gods at Lystra; the priest brings them a sacrifice of oxen. Etching after Raphael.

After healing a lame man, the apostles Paul and Barnabas are mistaken for gods at Lystra; the priest brings them a sacrifice of oxen. Etching by B. Lépicié, 1721, after Raphael.

Men worship an ass bearing a religious image; alluding to both Aesop's fable of the ass and idol worship in Arianism and contemporary Catholicism. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

Sarawak: a wooden carving of Bali Atap, a Tutelary deity. Photograph.