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Torches

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  • Men in costume dancing with torches under a pergola by night; a women is served with a drink at the side. Engraving.
  • Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A torch-bearer and wife. Gouache drawing.
  • A curule chair, a Greek metal candelabra, a bowl supported by sphinxes, a Roman standard, a clay torch and a Roman dagger. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.
  • A burning torch representing Hale's life tonic. Process print.
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    Men in costume dancing with torches under a pergola by night; a women is served with a drink at the side. Engraving.

    | Reference: 34183i
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    At night, a shepherd, accompanied by a woman on a donkey, holds out a flaming torch in order to see his sheep cross a ford. Etching by C.H. Watelet, 1759, after N. Berchem, 1655.

    Berchem, Nicolaas Pietersz, 1620-1683. | Date: 1759 | Reference: 2815098i
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    A curule chair, a Greek metal candelabra, a bowl supported by sphinxes, a Roman standard, a clay torch and a Roman dagger. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.

    Roccheggiani, Lorenzo, active 1804-1817. | Date: [1811?] | Reference: 2499261i
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    A burning torch representing Hale's life tonic. Process print.

    | Date: [1920?] | Reference: 39479i
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    A torch-bearer and wife. Gouache drawing.

    | Reference: 28517i
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