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A plant (Cotyledon africana): flowering stem, with coat of arms of the dedicatee. Colour mezzotint by E. Kirkall, c.1728, after J. van Huysum.

Noah's clan make their sacrifice and God responds with a rainbow. Colour etching by E. Kirkall after Bishop after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

Michaelmas daisy (Aster amellus): flowering stem. Colour mezzotint, c. 1741.

Memphis, Egypt: English travellers trapped in catacombs find the bodies of two Italian men who had previously been trapped there, and had starved to death: they fire their pistols at six ghostly figures; Arabs steal their horses. Etching with engraving by E. Kirkall, 1709.

Citron (Citrus medica): flowering branch. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.

Aeneas carrying his father Anchises on his shoulders holding the household gods, as they escape from the sack of Troy. Colour relief etching by Elisha Kirkall, 1722, after Ugo da Carpi, 1518, after Raphael.

Paul undergoes a mystical experience on the way to Damascus; he falls from his horse. Mixed media colour print by E. Kirkall, 1723, after J. da Palma, il Giovane.

Jacob offers bread and soup to an exhausted Esau, who has returned from hunting; to the left, angels move upon Jacob's ladder; to the right, the blind Isaac feels Jacob's disguised hands. Engraving by E. Kirkall after Skeitz.

John Breval acting as tutor to George 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley on the Grand Tour introduces him to a statue of Diana; a genius shows a perspective drawing of Cholmondeley Castle to Minerva. Engraving by E. Kirkall, 1726, after L. Cheron.

The angel Gabriel tells Zacharias that his prayer for a child is to be granted; John the Baptist will be his son. Engraving by E. Kirkall after M. Scheits.

Turk's-cap lily (Lilium martagon): flowering stem. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.

William Stukeley. Colour line engraving, 1776, after I. Whood, 1727.

Honeywort (Cerinthe major): flowering stem. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.

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William Stukeley. Colour line engraving, 1776, after I. Whood, 1727.

Noah's clan make their sacrifice and God responds with a rainbow. Colour etching by E. Kirkall after Bishop after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

A plant (Cotyledon africana): flowering stem, with coat of arms of the dedicatee. Colour mezzotint by E. Kirkall, c.1728, after J. van Huysum.

The angel Gabriel tells Zacharias that his prayer for a child is to be granted; John the Baptist will be his son. Engraving by E. Kirkall after M. Scheits.

Honeywort (Cerinthe major): flowering stem. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.

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Elisha Kirkall

Images from the collections

Images by Elisha Kirkall

Works from the collections

William Stukeley. Colour line engraving, 1776, after I. Whood, 1727.

Noah's clan make their sacrifice and God responds with a rainbow. Colour etching by E. Kirkall after Bishop after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

A plant (Cotyledon africana): flowering stem, with coat of arms of the dedicatee. Colour mezzotint by E. Kirkall, c.1728, after J. van Huysum.

The angel Gabriel tells Zacharias that his prayer for a child is to be granted; John the Baptist will be his son. Engraving by E. Kirkall after M. Scheits.

Honeywort (Cerinthe major): flowering stem. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.

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