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A woman from Unalaska, Alaska, head and shoulders; encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by J.M. Delattre, 1784, after J. Webber.

A beggar is standing outside the door of a house, two women on the doorstep are putting money into his outstretched cap. Stipple engraving, 1789, by J.M. Delattre after F. Wheatley after L. Sterne.

A farmer is watching a poor girl who is picking up small ears of corn; in the background is an expensive country house. Engraving by J.M. Delatre, 1788, after J.H. Ramberg.

The death of William Pitt, Lord Chatham, in the Upper Chamber of the Palace of Westminster, 1778. Engraving by J.M. Delattre after J.S. Copley, 1779.

A man and a boy contemplating gravestones in a cemetery. Line engraving by J.M. Delattre after J.H. Ramberg.

Saint Cecilia. Stipple engraving by J.M. Delattre after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

The poor widow gives money to the treasury of the Temple; Jesus points out her virtue. Engraving by J-M. Delattre, 1794, after W. Artaud.

The good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a priest and a Levite walk by. Engraving by F.S. Ravenet and J.M. Delattre, 1772, after W. Hogarth.

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A man and a boy contemplating gravestones in a cemetery. Line engraving by J.M. Delattre after J.H. Ramberg.

The poor widow gives money to the treasury of the Temple; Jesus points out her virtue. Engraving by J-M. Delattre, 1794, after W. Artaud.

A woman from Unalaska, Alaska, head and shoulders; encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by J.M. Delattre, 1784, after J. Webber.

A beggar is standing outside the door of a house, two women on the doorstep are putting money into his outstretched cap. Stipple engraving, 1789, by J.M. Delattre after F. Wheatley after L. Sterne.

The good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a priest and a Levite walk by. Engraving by F.S. Ravenet and J.M. Delattre, 1772, after W. Hogarth.