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Adam naming the animals. Etching by G. Scotin and J. Cole after H. Gravelot and J.B. Chatelain, 1743.

The London Hospital, Whitechapel: viewed from the north, across Whitechapel Road. Engraving by J.-B.-C. Chatelain and W.H. Toms, 1753, after W. Bellers, 1752, after B. Mainwaring, 1751.

An Italian landscape; a village in the background; men in the foreground. Engraving by J.B. Chatelain after G. Poussin, 1741.

People in a forest being attacked by robbers with guns and swords. Etching by J.B.C. Chatelain after Marco Ricci.

St Pancras Wells, King's Cross, London: view showing St Pancras church, and the Wells in the background. Engraving by J. Roberts after J.B.C. Chatelain.

The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: view of the north facade, looking west. Engraving by J. Roberts, 1750, after J.B.C. Chatelain.

A laden ox-cart being drawn by a drover along a wooded country road, with a traveller asleep by the roadside. Etching by J.B.C. Chatelain, 1744, after G. Dughet (Poussin).

A Dutch landscape: fields with cattle, a river with boats, a town and the sea beyond. Etching by J.B.C. Chatelain, 1744.

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Jean Baptiste Claude Chatelain

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Images by Jean Baptiste Claude Chatelain

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People in a forest being attacked by robbers with guns and swords. Etching by J.B.C. Chatelain after Marco Ricci.

A laden ox-cart being drawn by a drover along a wooded country road, with a traveller asleep by the roadside. Etching by J.B.C. Chatelain, 1744, after G. Dughet (Poussin).

A Dutch landscape: fields with cattle, a river with boats, a town and the sea beyond. Etching by J.B.C. Chatelain, 1744.

The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: view of the north facade, looking west. Engraving by J. Roberts, 1750, after J.B.C. Chatelain.

The London Hospital, Whitechapel: viewed from the north, across Whitechapel Road. Engraving by J.-B.-C. Chatelain and W.H. Toms, 1753, after W. Bellers, 1752, after B. Mainwaring, 1751.