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1 print : photogravure, printed in colours ; image 12.6 x 7.7 cm; S. Agata, verg. e mart. Lunedi 5 Febbraio; On verso, biography of the saint and prayer in Italian with imprimatur dated Milan 1898

Pen drawing by ZS (?); Inscribed in ink: "Not to be used except by special permission HWL."; After: J. Scultetus, Armamentarium chirurgiae, Lyon 1603

A woman of about 40 years of age in a lace cap, wearing a dark purple dress, open to below the bosom, and a yellow shawl, her right breast surgically removed, the wound open; 1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 61.5 x 49 cm; Cancer of the breast. Mrs.…

The martyr tied to a column, two men on either side shearing her breasts, an angel holding a laurel above her in top left corner
Engraving
Height: Height: 155 millimetres
Width: Width: 98 millimetres
Inscription content: Signed in lower left…

The name of God in Hebraic characters, surrounded by the Apostles, and with other Christian saints standing below; illustration to an unidentified book, page 201 or 203, with letterpress text printed in red and black on verso
Engraving
Height:…

Seal-matrix for Adolf von Epstein, Archdeacon of Trier; bronze; circular.
Obverse: Female figure standing, facing, wearing a long dress and her hands above her head grasping a cross-bar resting on side posts. On either side an executioner seizing…

Overall (confirmed): 5 3/8 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/8 in. (13.7 × 8.9 × 7.9 cm)

"This small, half-length statuette depicts the early Christian saint Agatha gazing heavenward with her hands bound behind her back. According to legend, the Sicilian…

hot-pokers are used to torture saint agatha

Saint Agatha holds a pair of pincers, the martyr's palm, and the Bible. In the background, a burning pyre. Saint Agatha suffered martyrdom by having her breasts torn off with pincers
color lithograph
Sant'Agata. Vergine e martire. On verso, prayer…