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Clerical Collection (#2)

"Exploring the Rich History of Clerical Life

Background imageClerical Collection: Ceiling fresco, Roman Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul, interior, Mittenwald

Ceiling fresco, Roman Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul, interior, Mittenwald
attraction, attractions, bavarian, bayern, belfry, bell tower, bell towers, bell-tower, catholic, ceiling fresco, ceiling frescoes, ceiling painting, ceiling paintings, ceilings, christian

Background imageClerical Collection: Pews, Roman Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul, interior, Mittenwald

Pews, Roman Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul, interior, Mittenwald, district of Garmisch Partenkirchen
attraction, attractions, bavarian, bayern, belfry, bell tower, bell towers, bell-tower, benches, catholic, christian, church building, church nave, church tower, church towers, churches, clerical

Background imageClerical Collection: Roman Catholic Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul, Mittenwald, Garmisch Partenkirchen district

Roman Catholic Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul, Mittenwald, Garmisch Partenkirchen district, Upper Bavaria
bavarian, bayern, belfry, bell tower, bell towers, bell-tower, catholic, christian, church building, church tower, church towers, churches, clerical, county, cultural monument, cultural monuments

Background imageClerical Collection: Notre-Dame de Dijon, a Gothic church in Dijon, here in 1880, France, Historic

Notre-Dame de Dijon, a Gothic church in Dijon, here in 1880, France, Historic
1900s, 19th-century, accurate, archive, basilica of our lady of the immaculate conception, belfry, bell tower, bell towers, bell-tower, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings

Background imageClerical Collection: St. Laurence's Church in Diekirch in 1880, Luxembourg, Historic

St. Laurence's Church in Diekirch in 1880, Luxembourg, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century
1900s, 19th-century, accurate, archive, belfry, bell tower, bell towers, bell-tower, benelux countries, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, christian, church building

Background imageClerical Collection: The Church of Santa Maria in Aracoel, Santa Maria in Ara Coeli al Campidoglio

The Church of Santa Maria in Aracoel, Santa Maria in Ara Coeli al Campidoglio, Holy Mary of the Altar of Heaven
1900s, 19th-century, 2 people, altar room, altars, animals, apses, ara, aras, artistic, artistically, arts, attraction, attractions, aves, belfry, bell tower, bell towers, bell-tower, birds, black

Background imageClerical Collection: Sacred Sounds in the Church, Organ, Angel, 1878, Germany, Historic

Sacred Sounds in the Church, Organ, Angel, 1878, Germany, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th century
1900s, 19th-century, 4 people, above ground, angels, attraction, attractions, belfry, belief, bell tower, bell towers, bell-tower, bible stories, biblical, building, buildings, christian

Background imageClerical Collection: Church service on the island of Hallig Oland, Frisian Island, Germany, Historical

Church service on the island of Hallig Oland, Frisian Island, Germany, Historical
1900s, 19th-century, 5 people, attraction, attractions, belfry, belief, bell tower, bell towers, bell-tower, building, buildings, bunch of, christian, church building, church service

Background imageClerical Collection: St. Leonhard im Pitztal, Tyrol, Austria, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from

St. Leonhard im Pitztal, Tyrol, Austria, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century
1900s, 19th-century, alpine landscape, attraction, attractions, belfry, bell tower, bell towers, bell-tower, building, buildings, christian, church building, church tower, church towers, churches

Background imageClerical Collection: The Sultan Goes to Prayer, Istanbul, Constantinople, 1870, Turkey, Historical

The Sultan Goes to Prayer, Istanbul, Constantinople, 1870, Turkey, Historical
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, album, albums, arts, attraction, attractions, belief, believer, believers, building, buildings, christian, clerical, commemorating, commemoration, constantinople

Background imageClerical Collection: Chapel of Saint Margaret in the City of Nuremberg, 1819, Bavaria, Germany, Historical

Chapel of Saint Margaret in the City of Nuremberg, 1819, Bavaria, Germany, Historical
1900s, 19th-century, altar room, altars, apses, attraction, attractions, bayern, belfry, bell tower, bell towers, bell-tower, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, chancel

Background imageClerical Collection: The Church of Our Lady and Beautiful Fountain, 1870, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, Historical

The Church of Our Lady and Beautiful Fountain, 1870, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, Historical
1900s, 19th-century, album, albums, attraction, attractions, bayern, belfry, bell tower, bell towers, bell-tower, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, christian, church building

Background imageClerical Collection: Friedenskirche, Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady, on the Main Market Square in Nuremberg, c

Friedenskirche, Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady, on the Main Market Square in Nuremberg, c
1900s, 19th-century, attraction, attractions, bavarian, bayern, belfry, bell tower, bell towers, bell-tower, big, building, buildings, catholic, christian, church building, church of our lady

Background imageClerical Collection: The Sebaldus Church in Nuremberg in 1870, Bavaria, Germany, Historical

The Sebaldus Church in Nuremberg in 1870, Bavaria, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th
1900s, 19th-century, attraction, attractions, bavarian, bayern, belfry, bell tower, bell towers, bell-tower, building, buildings, christian, church building, church tower, church towers, churches

Background imageClerical Collection: Vintage Typewriter

Vintage Typewriter

Background imageClerical Collection: Instructing Yeowomen, c. 1917 (b / w photo)

Instructing Yeowomen, c. 1917 (b / w photo)
5854186 Instructing Yeowomen, c.1917 (b/w photo) by Bain, George Grantham - Bain News Service (1865-1944); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageClerical Collection: The Cardinals Processing through the Crowd of Secular Onlookers

The Cardinals Processing through the Crowd of Secular Onlookers, detail from Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (1405-64)
GRL153310 The Cardinals Processing through the Crowd of Secular Onlookers, detail from Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (1405-64), elected Pope with the name Pius II, enters St

Background imageClerical Collection: The Ceremony of Immersion in the Holy Well at Lourdes (litho)

The Ceremony of Immersion in the Holy Well at Lourdes (litho)
726888 The Ceremony of Immersion in the Holy Well at Lourdes (litho) by Lanos, Henri (1859-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Ceremony of Immersion in the Holy Well at Lourdes)

Background imageClerical Collection: Tomb of Ardicino della Porta (marble)

Tomb of Ardicino della Porta (marble)
875135 Tomb of Ardicino della Porta (marble) by Italian School, (15th century); St. Peter s, Vatican Grotto, Vatican City; (add.info.: Ardicino della Porta the Younger (It.: Ardicino della Porta)

Background imageClerical Collection: Page from Mirabilia Romae, Historia et Descriptio Urbis Romae by Pseudo-Aegidius Romanus

Page from Mirabilia Romae, Historia et Descriptio Urbis Romae by Pseudo-Aegidius Romanus, published by Andreas Freitag
472851 Page from Mirabilia Romae, Historia et Descriptio Urbis Romae by Pseudo-Aegidius Romanus, published by Andreas Freitag, Rome, not before 1485 and not after 1489 (woodcut) by Italian School

Background imageClerical Collection: The Connoisseur, 1884-87 (oil on canvas)

The Connoisseur, 1884-87 (oil on canvas)
CH401470 The Connoisseur, 1884-87 (oil on canvas) by Sadler, Walter Dendy (1854-1923); 40.8x51 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Background imageClerical Collection: Pages from the Album Amicorum of Philipp Hainhofer, 1596-1633

Pages from the Album Amicorum of Philipp Hainhofer, 1596-1633
479164 Pages from the Album Amicorum of Philipp Hainhofer, 1596-1633 (pen & ink and watercolour on paper) by European School; 20.8x16 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageClerical Collection: A Clerical Intervention, 1897 (watercolour heightened with white)

A Clerical Intervention, 1897 (watercolour heightened with white)
651519 A Clerical Intervention, 1897 (watercolour heightened with white) by Passini, Ludwig (1832-1903); 61x90 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Clerical Intervention. Ludwig Passini (1832-1903)

Background imageClerical Collection: The Protonotary Giovanni Giuliano (Zuan Zulian) c. 1530-40 (oil on canvas)

The Protonotary Giovanni Giuliano (Zuan Zulian) c. 1530-40 (oil on canvas)
3700787 The Protonotary Giovanni Giuliano (Zuan Zulian) c.1530-40 (oil on canvas) by Italian School, (16th century); 97.5x75.5 cm; National Gallery, London

Background imageClerical Collection: Clerks at work (engraving)

Clerks at work (engraving)
3642531 Clerks at work (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clerks at work. Illustration for The Fireside Pictorial Annual, 1894.); © Look and Learn

Background imageClerical Collection: Famille de Scarabees, 1828-29 (colour lithograph)

Famille de Scarabees, 1828-29 (colour lithograph)
3471726 Famille de Scarabees, 1828-29 (colour lithograph) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageClerical Collection: Novella in Decretales: beginning of Book V, De accusationibus

Novella in Decretales: beginning of Book V, De accusationibus
5938149 Novella in Decretales: beginning of Book V, De accusationibus, inquisitionibus et denuntiationibus.a. c.1355-65 (parchment) by Italian School

Background imageClerical Collection: Caricature of Jean Jaures and Edouard Vaillant at the congress of the Second Socialist

Caricature of Jean Jaures and Edouard Vaillant at the congress of the Second Socialist
CHT383145 Caricature of Jean Jaures and Edouard Vaillant at the congress of the Second Socialist International held in Basel, 1912 (colour litho) by Sirat

Background imageClerical Collection: Abbot, The Chief Herald, Cardinal, Canon and Bishop (chromolitho)

Abbot, The Chief Herald, Cardinal, Canon and Bishop (chromolitho)
964268 Abbot, The Chief Herald, Cardinal, Canon and Bishop (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Abbot, The Chief Herald, Cardinal, Canon and Bishop)

Background imageClerical Collection: Pierre d Ailly (engraving)

Pierre d Ailly (engraving)
816587 Pierre d Ailly (engraving) by Thevet, Andre (1504-92) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pierre d Ailly, French theologian, astrologer, and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church)

Background imageClerical Collection: Cardinal Vaughan (b / w photo)

Cardinal Vaughan (b / w photo)
816716 Cardinal Vaughan (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Herbert Vaughan, English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church)

Background imageClerical Collection: Saint Vincent de Paul (engraving)

Saint Vincent de Paul (engraving)
816715 Saint Vincent de Paul (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vincent de Paul)

Background imageClerical Collection: Pope Leo XIII (b / w photo)

Pope Leo XIII (b / w photo)
816706 Pope Leo XIII (b/w photo) by Italian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pope Leo XIII, head of the Roman Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903)

Background imageClerical Collection: Jean Zonare (engraving)

Jean Zonare (engraving)
816642 Jean Zonare (engraving) by Thevet, Andre (1504-92) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jean Zonare, French historian, theologian and Byzantine canon)

Background imageClerical Collection: Polydore Vergil of Urbino (engraving)

Polydore Vergil of Urbino (engraving)
816635 Polydore Vergil of Urbino (engraving) by Thevet, Andre (1504-92) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Polidoro Virgili, Italian humanist scholar, historian, priest and diplomat)

Background imageClerical Collection: Synesius (engraving)

Synesius (engraving)
816629 Synesius (engraving) by Thevet, Andre (1504-92) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Synesius, Greek bishop of Ptolemais in the Libyan Pentapolis)

Background imageClerical Collection: Portrait of Pietro Bembo (engraving)

Portrait of Pietro Bembo (engraving)
820037 Portrait of Pietro Bembo (engraving) by Italian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pietro Bembo, Italian scholar, poet and cardinal.); Look and Learn / Elgar Collection

Background imageClerical Collection: Portrait of Jeremy Taylor (engraving)

Portrait of Jeremy Taylor (engraving)
819949 Portrait of Jeremy Taylor (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jeremy Taylor, English cleric in the Church of England)

Background imageClerical Collection: A figure in episcopal robes sits enthroned with a halo emanating from his head (engraving)

A figure in episcopal robes sits enthroned with a halo emanating from his head (engraving)
820488 A figure in episcopal robes sits enthroned with a halo emanating from his head (engraving) by Flemish School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageClerical Collection: Cardinal Newman (engraving)

Cardinal Newman (engraving)
812525 Cardinal Newman (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cardinal Newman, from a photograph by Mr H. J)

Background imageClerical Collection: Portrait of Pastor Johann Bernhard Klefeker (oil on canvas)

Portrait of Pastor Johann Bernhard Klefeker (oil on canvas)
XKH148291 Portrait of Pastor Johann Bernhard Klefeker (oil on canvas) by Groger, Friedrich Carl (1766-1838); 32.1x27.6 cm; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; German, out of copyright

Background imageClerical Collection: Saint Nicholas of Bari with Two Children, (oil on canvas)

Saint Nicholas of Bari with Two Children, (oil on canvas)
659293 Saint Nicholas of Bari with Two Children, (oil on canvas) by Cignaroli, Giambettino (1706-70); 72.5x101 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Saint Nicholas of Bari with Two Children)

Background imageClerical Collection: Port Sunlight: One of the three wings of the General Offices (b / w photo)

Port Sunlight: One of the three wings of the General Offices (b / w photo)
5998496 Port Sunlight: One of the three wings of the General Offices (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)




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"Exploring the Rich History of Clerical Life: From Mr Henry Tilney to William Hogarth's 'The Bruiser'" Step back in time with us as we delve into the fascinating world life, filled with intriguing characters and captivating stories. Our journey begins in 1907, where an illustration introduces us to a gentleman named Mr Henry Tilney, whose presence exudes charm and elegance. But clerical life is not limited to just individuals; it encompasses various aspects that shape society. In August 1, 1763, renowned artist William Hogarth captures this essence through his masterpiece titled 'The Bruiser. ' This thought-provoking artwork sheds light on the complexities and challenges faced by those involved in clerical roles during that era. Amidst these serious undertones, there are moments of joy and delight. Another delightful illustration from 1907 showcases a charming game played with a litter of puppies. It reminds us that even within the confines of their duties, clergymen find solace in simple pleasures. Literature has also immortalized clerics throughout history. The esteemed George Eliot presents her perspective on this subject through Chilvers Ch – a character who embodies the virtues and struggles often associated with clergy members. Moving beyond art and literature, we witness real-life instances where clerics have actively participated in social causes. APEX union members campaigning with placards demonstrate their commitment towards advocating for workers' rights within the realm work. As our exploration takes us further into Transylvania, Romania, we encounter magnificent structures such as Grossau fortified church built-in 1498 or Miercurea Sibiului Protestant fortified church dating back to the 13th century. These architectural marvels stand as testaments to both religious devotion and strategic defense mechanisms employed during turbulent times. In Bussd village lies an enchanting Unitarian Church surrounded by breathtaking landscapes.