Pilgrimage scene, in the foreground a woman in eastern european dress lies collapsed on the road, supported by an older woman similarly attired, while a a monk crouches next to her and bandages her foot, just behind them a girl huddles against her father who wears a pilgrim's hat and carries an ornate staff, to left another monk pours a liquid from a small glass vessel onto a handkerchief; further away to right a monk, carrying a tray with refreshment, talks to a woman standing amid columns as he descends the steps of a building, part of a monastery (?) set within fortified walls with a squat turret and a tower topped by a cross rising above the walls; after bonnefond
lithograph on grey chine collé. Date: 1825-1829 (circa). Dimensions: Height: 250 mm (image); Width: 321 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Pélerine (BM 1860,0728.306)
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