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René-Just Haüy and his brother Valentin. Engraving by A. Boilly after J. Boilly.

Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil: workers washing for diamonds, supervised by 'feitores' (inspectors). Etching by A. Boilly after J. Boilly, 1836.

Saint James the Great: the Virgin appears to him on a pillar by the river Ebro. Engraving attributed to A. Boilly, 1827, after Dubois after N. Poussin.

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René-Just Haüy and his brother Valentin. Engraving by A. Boilly after J. Boilly.

Saint James the Great: the Virgin appears to him on a pillar by the river Ebro. Engraving attributed to A. Boilly, 1827, after Dubois after N. Poussin.

Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil: workers washing for diamonds, supervised by 'feitores' (inspectors). Etching by A. Boilly after J. Boilly, 1836.