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James Dickson. Lithograph after H. P. Briggs, 1820.

A grandmother hands a copy of the Bible to her granddaughter. Stipple engraving by H. Meyer after H.P. Briggs.

William Farish. Mezzotint by H. Dawe, 1815, after H. P. Briggs.

Edmund Goodwyn. Mezzotint by S. W. Reynolds after H. P. Briggs.

William Allen. Line engraving by H. C. Shenton after H. P. Briggs.

Bertha is prevented by her patron from meeting a student of alchemy. Steel engraving by F. Bacon after H.P. Briggs.

Vincente Valverde trying to persuade the Inca to convert to Christianity rather than be massacred by Pizzarro. Engraving by W. Greatbach after H.P. Briggs.

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Edmund Goodwyn. Mezzotint by S. W. Reynolds after H. P. Briggs.

William Allen. Line engraving by H. C. Shenton after H. P. Briggs.

Bertha is prevented by her patron from meeting a student of alchemy. Steel engraving by F. Bacon after H.P. Briggs.

Vincente Valverde trying to persuade the Inca to convert to Christianity rather than be massacred by Pizzarro. Engraving by W. Greatbach after H.P. Briggs.

William Farish. Mezzotint by H. Dawe, 1815, after H. P. Briggs.