An auctioneer takes bids on the garter of the Blessed
An auctioneer takes bids on the garter of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Other lots include the finger of St. Nepomuck, the leg bone of St. Francis, and tears of St. Mary Magdalen. Auction of relics at Avignon. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, translated and abridged from Moritz August von Thummel's Reise in die mittCIglichen Provinzen van Frankreich im Jahre 1785'"1786, Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1821
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13135733
Media ID
45905871
Size
7171px x 4216px
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Credit
Florilegius
Source
Thomas Rowlandson
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Ackermann Auctioneer Avignon Bids Blasphemy Blessed Fran Frankreich Garter Journal Mitt Glichen Moritz Musket Papal Provinces Provinzen Reise Rowlandson Rudolph Sentimental Thummel
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