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A long-tailed bird: the violaceous jay (Corvus violaceus). Etching by Noble after C. R. Ryley.

Invitation to a dinner of the Guardians of the Asylum for Female Orphans: with a scene of a soldier falling in battle, and a widow and daughters. Engraving by W. Skelton, 1804, after C. R. Ryley.

The paralytic is lowered through the roof of a crowded house so that Christ can reach him and cure him. Engraving by J. Newton, 1795 (?), after C.R. Ryley.

A young man in tricorn hat raises his glass in a toast to his lover. Etching by C. Ryley, c. 1792, after E. Penny.

Charles James, seated at his desk with candles burning, contemplating suicide, holds a pistol to his mouth. Engraving by W. Skelton after C.R. Ryley after C. James.

A cockerel (Phasianus gallus). Etching by J. Fittler after C. R. Ryley.

Thomas Inglefield, an artist born without limbs. Etching by T. Inglefield, 1787, after C.R. Ryley.

An impeyan pheasant (Lophophorus impeyanus). Etching by Skelton after C. R. Ryley.

Lavater's looking-glass; or, Essays on the face of animated nature, from man to plants. ... / By Lavater, Sue & Co.

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Charles Reuben Ryley

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Images by Charles Reuben Ryley

Works from the collections

Lavater's looking-glass; or, Essays on the face of animated nature, from man to plants. ... / By Lavater, Sue & Co.

Charles James, seated at his desk with candles burning, contemplating suicide, holds a pistol to his mouth. Engraving by W. Skelton after C.R. Ryley after C. James.

The paralytic is lowered through the roof of a crowded house so that Christ can reach him and cure him. Engraving by J. Newton, 1795 (?), after C.R. Ryley.

Thomas Inglefield, an artist born without limbs. Etching by T. Inglefield, 1787, after C.R. Ryley.

A long-tailed bird: the violaceous jay (Corvus violaceus). Etching by Noble after C. R. Ryley.

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