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Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810
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A student reads to an audience the epic poems of Sir Richard Blackmore and the sermons of John ("Orator") Henley to find out which is the more soporific; his audience fall asleep with boredom. Etching by C. Grignion after F. Hayman.
Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776.Date: [between 1750 and 1759?]Reference: 2497721i- Pictures
An écorché figure, back view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the muscles, with a rhinoceros in the background. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.
Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried, 1697-1770.Date: 1748Reference: 666694i
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Algerians torturing a burglar by cutting off his right hand, hanging it around his own neck and tying him on a bull with the remaining hand. Etching with engraving by Grignion after W. Grainger.
Grainger, William, active approximately 1780-1800.Reference: 43553i
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A skeleton with snakes and rats. Etching by C. Grignion, 1821.
Date: 12th. March, 1821Reference: 35745i
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A man from the Hawaiian Islands dancing; encountered by Captain Cook during his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by C. Grignion after J. Webber, 1780/1785.
Webber, John, 1751-1793.Date: [1784]Reference: 566718i