British printmaker and metalworker (1819-1889)

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Agriculture: villagers (perhaps in Syria or Palestine) threshing corn by trampling it with oxen. Engraving by C. Cousen after R. Beavis.

A young woman convalescing in a country garden watches a bird feed on bread. Coloured line engraving by C. Cousen after M.B. Foster.

A boy in Granada rides on a donkey loaded with panniers as he leads his flock of goats. Engraving by C. Cousen after R. Ansdell.

Two sisters sit under a tree decorating each others' hair with flowers. Engraving by C. Cousen after G. Smith.

Figures, horses and camels gathering by the Well near Emmaus (Imwas), Jordan. Line engraving by C. Cousen after W.H. Bartlett.

A cow-doctor stands outside a rural cottage and points to an ailing cow, observed by its anxious owners. Steel engraving by C. Cousen after C. Tschaggeny, ca. 1860.

Three young children are leaning on a five-bar gate on a wooded road with a cottage nearby. Engraving by C. Cousen after W. Collins.

A woman in a large straw hat is tending two decorated oxen with bells in a yoke, which are drinking from the tank. Steel engraving by C. Cousen after E. H. Landseer.

A dog sitting on a tree trunk that bridges a river gazing at its own reflection. Steel engraving by C. Cousen after E. H. Landseer.

A young woman convalescing in a country garden watches a bird feed on bread. Line engraving by C. Cousen, 1877, after M.B. Foster.

Ophelia in her madness, seated on a tree trunk by a stream. Engraving by C. Cousen after A. Hughes.

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Charles Cousen

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Images by Charles Cousen

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Figures, horses and camels gathering by the Well near Emmaus (Imwas), Jordan. Line engraving by C. Cousen after W.H. Bartlett.

A cow-doctor stands outside a rural cottage and points to an ailing cow, observed by its anxious owners. Steel engraving by C. Cousen after C. Tschaggeny, ca. 1860.

A young woman convalescing in a country garden watches a bird feed on bread. Coloured line engraving by C. Cousen after M.B. Foster.

A boy in Granada rides on a donkey loaded with panniers as he leads his flock of goats. Engraving by C. Cousen after R. Ansdell.

Ophelia in her madness, seated on a tree trunk by a stream. Engraving by C. Cousen after A. Hughes.