Fathime's astral body leaving her as she dies while Euphrosyne sits and watches. Line engraving by S. Davenport after H. Corbould.

1 print : steel engraving ; image 21.5 x 15.3 cm

Bertha is prevented by her patron from meeting a student of alchemy. Steel engraving by F. Bacon after H.P. Briggs.

1 print : line engraving with stipple ; image 9.7 x 6.9 cm

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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 - Characters

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Bertha is prevented by her patron from meeting a student of alchemy. Steel engraving by F. Bacon after H.P. Briggs.

Fathime's astral body leaving her as she dies while Euphrosyne sits and watches. Line engraving by S. Davenport after H. Corbould.