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

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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.

The last act of love : the story of my brother and his sister / Cathy Rentzenbrink.

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Siblings

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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.

The last act of love : the story of my brother and his sister / Cathy Rentzenbrink.

Nurse during a drug administration on a UK hospital ward

Siblings

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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.

The last act of love : the story of my brother and his sister / Cathy Rentzenbrink.

Nurse during a drug administration on a UK hospital ward

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