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The domestic life of Martin Luther at Wittenberg: Luther plays the lute, his wife and children listen, along with Melanchthon. Engraving by J.D. Nargeot after P.A. Labouchère.

A woman holding her child while a servant holds a bowl of food to feed her. Engraving by A. Nargeot after himself after J. Verkolje the elder, 1675.

An Inca priest makes a sacrifice to the sun; representing the continent of America. Stipple engraving by J.D. Nargeot after C.A. Chasselat.

Three women and five men gathered in a room which opens up to classical architecture, the group on the left is making music while the others are engaged in conversation; representing the continent of Europe. Stipple engraving by Nargeot after C.A. Chasselat.

People and scenery representing the continent of Africa. Stipple engraving by J.D. Nargeot after C.A. Chasselat.

The devil examining the head of a boy; three other boys lurk under the devil's wings; frontispiece to a manual on phrenology. Steel engraving by J.D. Nargeot, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier. Line engraving by Nargeot after J. Boilly.

Vincenzo Dandolo. Stipple engraving by J. D. Nargeot after Augustine Fauchery.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist, Saint Rufina and Saint Justina with pieces of their pottery, and Saint Francis of Assisi. Engraving by J.D. Nargeot after Sandoz after B.E. Murillo.

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An Inca priest makes a sacrifice to the sun; representing the continent of America. Stipple engraving by J.D. Nargeot after C.A. Chasselat.

The devil examining the head of a boy; three other boys lurk under the devil's wings; frontispiece to a manual on phrenology. Steel engraving by J.D. Nargeot, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

Vincenzo Dandolo. Stipple engraving by J. D. Nargeot after Augustine Fauchery.

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier. Line engraving by Nargeot after J. Boilly.

The domestic life of Martin Luther at Wittenberg: Luther plays the lute, his wife and children listen, along with Melanchthon. Engraving by J.D. Nargeot after P.A. Labouchère.

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