Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Stipple engraving by T. Chambers after R. Cosway, 1787.

Saint Peter and Saint John healing the sick. Etching by Thomas Chambars and R. Earlom after S. Bourdon.

Saint Martin dividing his cloak to give half to a beggar. Engraving by T. Chambars, 1766, after R. Earlom after Sir A. Van Dyck.

A concert: one man is playing a stringed instrument, another a small pipe and a third is singing and holding a glass of wine. Engraving by Thomas Chambars after E. Edwards after Valentin de Boulogne.

35 leaves : letterpress, engravings and etchings

Portraits of 17th-century painters etc. who worked in England ; use of machines designed by Jacques Besson. Engravings and etchings, ca. 1569-1809.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 10 x 10 cm

King Charles II. Engraving by T. Chambars, 1757, after Sir G. Kneller.

1 print : etching ; platemark 34.2 x 37.9 cm

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Portraits of 17th-century painters etc. who worked in England ; use of machines designed by Jacques Besson. Engravings and etchings, ca. 1569-1809.

Saint Martin dividing his cloak to give half to a beggar. Engraving by T. Chambars, 1766, after R. Earlom after Sir A. Van Dyck.

King Charles II. Engraving by T. Chambars, 1757, after Sir G. Kneller.

Saint Peter and Saint John healing the sick. Etching by Thomas Chambars and R. Earlom after S. Bourdon.

A concert: one man is playing a stringed instrument, another a small pipe and a third is singing and holding a glass of wine. Engraving by Thomas Chambars after E. Edwards after Valentin de Boulogne.

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