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A street altar in Rome, hung with votive offerings, attended by itinerant pipers watched by locals. Watercolour by D.W. Lindau, 1835.

A dead or injured young horse-rider is tended by two men and a lady looking on. Coloured soft-ground etching by H. Alken.

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A dead or injured young horse-rider is tended by two men and a lady looking on. Coloured soft-ground etching by H. Alken.

A street altar in Rome, hung with votive offerings, attended by itinerant pipers watched by locals. Watercolour by D.W. Lindau, 1835.