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Fathime's astral body leaving her as she dies while Euphrosyne sits and watches. Line engraving by S. Davenport after H. Corbould.

A young woman in Genoa is being proposed to, watched anxiously by her brother. Engraving by S. Davenport after S.J.E. Jones.

A title page (right) embellished with illustration of people ascending steep cliffs and a book plate (left) of four birds. Engravings by S. Davenport, ca. 1821.

A shaman banging a drum and dancing invoke spirits to cure a sick man. Engraving by S. Davenport.

A shaman banging a drum and dancing to invoke spirits to cure a sick man. Engraving by S. Davenport.

A pedlar of jewelry reads from a sheet, ladies inspect his wares, and a shepherd looks delighted. Engraving by S. Davenport after J. Holmes after C.R. Leslie.

A man with a rolled sheet of paper in his hand is talking to another man in a gown and a hat who is sitting in a large chair. Engraving by S. Davenport after G. Clint.

A death cart in a street in London during the great plague. Engraving by S. Davenport, 1835, after G. Cruikshank.

Men burying the bodies of plague victims in a pit. Engraving by S. Davenport, 1835, after G. Cruikshank.

A white man approaches a woman sitting on a bench in a garden, and when she turns her face to him he sees that she is black. Engraving by S. Davenport after R.W. Buss.

A variety of shells, including a trochus, a murex and a conch. Engraving by S. Davenport.

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Samuel Davenport

Images from the collections

Images by Samuel Davenport

Works from the collections

A young woman in Genoa is being proposed to, watched anxiously by her brother. Engraving by S. Davenport after S.J.E. Jones.

A title page (right) embellished with illustration of people ascending steep cliffs and a book plate (left) of four birds. Engravings by S. Davenport, ca. 1821.

Men burying the bodies of plague victims in a pit. Engraving by S. Davenport, 1835, after G. Cruikshank.

A death cart in a street in London during the great plague. Engraving by S. Davenport, 1835, after G. Cruikshank.

A variety of shells, including a trochus, a murex and a conch. Engraving by S. Davenport.

Samuel Davenport

Images from the collections

Images by Samuel Davenport

Works from the collections

A young woman in Genoa is being proposed to, watched anxiously by her brother. Engraving by S. Davenport after S.J.E. Jones.

A title page (right) embellished with illustration of people ascending steep cliffs and a book plate (left) of four birds. Engravings by S. Davenport, ca. 1821.

Men burying the bodies of plague victims in a pit. Engraving by S. Davenport, 1835, after G. Cruikshank.

A death cart in a street in London during the great plague. Engraving by S. Davenport, 1835, after G. Cruikshank.

A variety of shells, including a trochus, a murex and a conch. Engraving by S. Davenport.

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