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  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by His Excellency Edward Everett, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: a proclamation for a day of public thanksgiving and prayer : ... Thursday, the thirtieth day of November... Given at the Council chamber in Boston, this second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven ... / Edward Everett, John P. Bigelow, Secretary of the State.
  • Sancho Panza (the squire of Don Quixote) , at a banquet, being starved for health reasons by his physician. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.
  • Carnival at Cuzco: a small Indian woman with a clyster pulls at a sheet worn by a man, who is holding an uprooted tree; representing malaria. Wood engraving by T. Hildebrand after E. Riou, 1869.
  • Elkanah and Hannah discuss the weaning of Samuel. Mezzotint by G. Graham, 1815.
  • The prodigal son returns home by boat to a large party. Etching by J. Wachsmuth after C.J. Vernet and J.C. Tardieu.
  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by His Excellency John Brooks, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a proclamation, for a day of public thanksgiving and prayer : ... Thursday, the twenty-eighth day of November next ... Given at the Council chamber, in Boston, this eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen ... / John Brooks, Alden Bradford, Secretary.
  • Lazarus prays as his sores are licked by dogs; Dives feasts on his balcony. Woodcut.
  • Christ feasts in Zacchaeus's well-stocked house. Etching by J.B. Vrints after P. van der Borcht.
  • A meeting of a Calves-Head Club for Whig gentlemen who celebrate the execution of King Charles I. Engraving, 1734.
  • Feast scene representing hospitality; alluding to Abraham and the three angels. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
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