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A pilgrim and other people kneel before an altar as a Camaldolese monk opens a reliquary to show them a skull and a rope. Mezzotint by W. Giller after W. Simson.

A girl sits by the dying embers of a fire on the floor in a Highland hut; a baby is asleep in the crib behind her. Mezzotint by Edward Burton after William Simson.

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William Simson

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A pilgrim and other people kneel before an altar as a Camaldolese monk opens a reliquary to show them a skull and a rope. Mezzotint by W. Giller after W. Simson.

A girl sits by the dying embers of a fire on the floor in a Highland hut; a baby is asleep in the crib behind her. Mezzotint by Edward Burton after William Simson.