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Queen Eleanor sucking the poison from King Edward's arm. Coloured stipple etching by W. Wynne Ryland, 1780, after A. Kauffman.

Achilles mourning the death of Patroclus. Stipple engraving by William Wynne Ryland after Angelica Kauffman, 1777.

An episode in The sorrows of young Werther, by Goethe: Albert, the husband of Charlotte, asks his wife to comply with Werther's request to lend him his pistols; she hands them to Werther's servant boy, knowing that Werther will shoot himself with them. Line engraving by P. Bonato after J.H. Ramberg.

Queen Eleanor sucking the poison from King Edward's arm. Coloured stipple etching by Wynne Ryland, 1780, after A. Kauffman.

Christ appears to the holy women after his death. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1794, after A. Kauffman.

Orpheus and Eurydice. Colour process print, ca. 1900 (?) after stipple engraving by T. Burke, 1782, after A. Kauffman.

Giovanni Battista Morgagni. Etching by Angelica Kauffman after Sir N. Dance-Holland.

Hector reproaching Paris for not fighting in the Trojan War. Stipple engraving by G.S. and J.G. Facius after Angelica Kauffman, 1788.

The painter Zeuxis selecting the best features of five different women for his painting of Juno. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1785, after A. Kauffman.

Johann Heinrich Hampe. Mezzotint by T. Burke after A. Kauffmann and letterpress.

A female figure representing hope. Drawing, c. 1794, after A. Kauffman.

A young woman holding an open book on a cushion. Etching by A. Kauffmann, 1781.

Elfrida meeting King Edgar after her marriage to Athelwold. Engraving by William Wynne Ryland, 1786, after Angelica Kauffman.

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Angelica Kauffmann

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Images by Angelica Kauffmann

Works from the collections

A young woman holding an open book on a cushion. Etching by A. Kauffmann, 1781.

Queen Eleanor sucking the poison from King Edward's arm. Coloured stipple etching by Wynne Ryland, 1780, after A. Kauffman.

Elfrida meeting King Edgar after her marriage to Athelwold. Engraving by William Wynne Ryland, 1786, after Angelica Kauffman.

Hector reproaching Paris for not fighting in the Trojan War. Stipple engraving by G.S. and J.G. Facius after Angelica Kauffman, 1788.

A female figure representing hope. Drawing, c. 1794, after A. Kauffman.

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