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An itinerant musician playing to an audience using an instrument that is partly made out of an animal's bladder. Drypoint by L. Flameng.

A sick child (Das Kranke Kind). Drypoint by L. Corinth, 1918.

Leon Michel Gambetta on his deathbed strewn with roses. Etching with drypoint by Charles Paul Renouard, 1883.

An itinerant musician playing to an audience using an instrument that is partly made out of an animals bladder. Drypoint.

A Spanish nobleman congratulating his wife on the birth of a child, the court are also in attendance. Etching by A. Lataurze(?) after F. Gonzalez Tavé.

Gwendoline Maud Syrie, née Barnardo (later Syrie Wellcome, later Syrie Maugham). Drypoint by Paul César Helleu, ca. 1901.

Students dissecting cadavers. Colour etching by May H. Lesser, 1971.

An alchemist reading in a smoky study. Etching by A. Bouquet after L-G-E. Isabey.

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Gwendoline Maud Syrie, née Barnardo (later Syrie Wellcome, later Syrie Maugham). Drypoint by Paul César Helleu, ca. 1901.

An itinerant musician playing to an audience using an instrument that is partly made out of an animals bladder. Drypoint.

Students dissecting cadavers. Colour etching by May H. Lesser, 1971.

An itinerant musician playing to an audience using an instrument that is partly made out of an animal's bladder. Drypoint by L. Flameng.

An alchemist reading in a smoky study. Etching by A. Bouquet after L-G-E. Isabey.