One of two or more individuals having at least one parent in common

M. de Mélincourt is happy that his wife is painting flowers, his sister is playing music, his elder son is learning to fence and is younger son is playing with the dog. Engraving.

Nurse carrying out a bed changeover

A sick man (Valentine) in bed with his hand held by his sister Camilla: the landlady demands the rent as David Simple enters the room. Line engraving by W. Blake, 1782, after T. Stothard.

A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

A brother and sister rest in a rocky landscape and play with a baby. Engraving by R.C. Bell after W. Mulready. R.A.

Conjoined twin piglets

A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

Nurse during a drug administration on a UK hospital ward

Two young children, brother and sister, standing together in a colonnade with fields behind them. Colour stipple engraving after A Buck.

A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

Big brother / Lionel Shriver.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 22 x 33.7 cm.

1 print : engraving ; image 24.1 x 19.4 cm

1 print : mezzotint ; image 32.5 x 27.5 cm

A young woman tries to fuel a fire with bellows, while her younger brother foils her attempts by blocking the valve with his finger. Mezzotint by Wm Ward jr. after Robert Farrier.

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Big brother / Lionel Shriver.

A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

A brother and sister rest in a rocky landscape and play with a baby. Engraving by R.C. Bell after W. Mulready. R.A.

Nurse during a drug administration on a UK hospital ward

A young woman tries to fuel a fire with bellows, while her younger brother foils her attempts by blocking the valve with his finger. Mezzotint by Wm Ward jr. after Robert Farrier.

Siblings

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Images about Siblings

Works from the collections

Big brother / Lionel Shriver.

A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

A brother and sister rest in a rocky landscape and play with a baby. Engraving by R.C. Bell after W. Mulready. R.A.

Nurse during a drug administration on a UK hospital ward

A young woman tries to fuel a fire with bellows, while her younger brother foils her attempts by blocking the valve with his finger. Mezzotint by Wm Ward jr. after Robert Farrier.

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