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A scholar sits in his study reading by a globe. Line engraving by G. Longhi after J. Swebach-Desfontaines after S. Koninck.

Itinerant actors performing on stage in Rome an attempt to sell medicines to local people. Etching by A. Chataignier and engraving by C. Niquet, the elder, 1818, after J. Swebach-Desfontaines after K. Dujardin, 1687.

The arrest of Charlotte Corday after the assassination of Marat in his bath. Engraving by P.G. Berthault after J.F.J. Swebach Desfontaines, ca. 1793.

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The arrest of Charlotte Corday after the assassination of Marat in his bath. Engraving by P.G. Berthault after J.F.J. Swebach Desfontaines, ca. 1793.

A scholar sits in his study reading by a globe. Line engraving by G. Longhi after J. Swebach-Desfontaines after S. Koninck.

Itinerant actors performing on stage in Rome an attempt to sell medicines to local people. Etching by A. Chataignier and engraving by C. Niquet, the elder, 1818, after J. Swebach-Desfontaines after K. Dujardin, 1687.