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Two pigs lying in straw in an outdoor pen. Etching with aquatint and grey wash after G. Morland(?).

Two men and a dog in a stable, reaching into a corn bin, while two horses look on. Coloured mezzotint by J.R. Smith after G. Morland, 1799.

A family at home, with a man sitting on a stool in front of the fire and a woman stirring the pot. Soft-ground etching by T. Vivares, 1800, after G. Morland.

Slave traders on an African coast enslave some of its inhabitants: a man is taken by two slave traders to their boat, while his wife and child is taken by a different slave trader to another boat. Coloured stipple engraving by Citoyenne Rollet after George Morland.

A storm in a wild and rocky landscape: lightning flashes while a man drives a a coach and four hourses through the darkness. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds the elder after G. Morland, 1798.

A pointer dog is standing in a forest looking at a hare hiding in the bushes. Etching by Scott after G. Morland.

A milkmaid entering a pen in which a cowherd is leaning on one of the cows. Chromolithograph after G. Morland.

A group of people are sitting outside a cottage with children playing and a litter of pigs nearby. Coloured mezzotint by Joe Grozar after George Morland.

A man is thatching the roof of a cottage as a boy brings a bowl of water for the horses to drink. Lithograph after George Morland.

Men sitting at a table in a garden outside a tavern, smoking and drinking as a young woman joins in the conversation. Mezzotint by William Ward, 1802, after George Morland.

A fox stands beside its two cubs, who are eating a bird, while its mate returns with a rabbit. Mezzotint by J. Grozer after C. Loraine Smith and G. Morland, 1797.

A cottager returns to his family with two rabbits he has shot. Coloured process print after George Morland.

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George Morland

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Images by George Morland

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A group of people are sitting outside a cottage with children playing and a litter of pigs nearby. Coloured mezzotint by Joe Grozar after George Morland.

A milkmaid entering a pen in which a cowherd is leaning on one of the cows. Chromolithograph after G. Morland.

A pointer dog is standing in a forest looking at a hare hiding in the bushes. Etching by Scott after G. Morland.

A man is thatching the roof of a cottage as a boy brings a bowl of water for the horses to drink. Lithograph after George Morland.

Two men and a dog in a stable, reaching into a corn bin, while two horses look on. Coloured mezzotint by J.R. Smith after G. Morland, 1799.