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A statue of a hog with litter of suckling piglets. Pencil drawing by W. Ottley.

The birth of Christ; female angels swoon through the air; Joseph looks on. Aquatint by T. Piroli, 1796, after W. Y. Ottley.

A pax-board (osculatory), containing sculptures of Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, and saints. Engraving by W. Ottley after M. Finiguerra.

Saint Roch. Engraving by W.Y. Ottley after D. Hopfer.

Saint Bridget of Sweden. Woodcut attributed to W.Y. Ottley.

A man in ragged clothes pushing a woman sitting in a wheelbarrow. Etching with engraving by W.Y. Ottley after the Monogrammatist bxg.

Two women (or a woman and a man) with four children in the doorway of a stone house in Rome. Etching by William Young Ottley after himself.

Abraham falls on his knees before the three angels. Engraving after Lucas van Leyden.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Engraving by W.Y. Ottley after V. Stoss.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Engraving by W.Y. Ottley after M. Schongauer.

An aged blind and toothless woman holding a vellum-bound book. Etching by W.Y. Ottley, 1828, after Jan Matham after Jacob van Campen.

Saint Jerome. Engraving by W.Y. Ottley, 1828.

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William Young Ottley

Images from the collections

Images by William Young Ottley

Works from the collections

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Engraving by W.Y. Ottley after V. Stoss.

An aged blind and toothless woman holding a vellum-bound book. Etching by W.Y. Ottley, 1828, after Jan Matham after Jacob van Campen.

Two women (or a woman and a man) with four children in the doorway of a stone house in Rome. Etching by William Young Ottley after himself.

Saint Jerome. Engraving by W.Y. Ottley, 1828.

Saint Roch. Engraving by W.Y. Ottley after D. Hopfer.

William Young Ottley

Images from the collections

Images by William Young Ottley

Works from the collections

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Engraving by W.Y. Ottley after V. Stoss.

An aged blind and toothless woman holding a vellum-bound book. Etching by W.Y. Ottley, 1828, after Jan Matham after Jacob van Campen.

Two women (or a woman and a man) with four children in the doorway of a stone house in Rome. Etching by William Young Ottley after himself.

Saint Jerome. Engraving by W.Y. Ottley, 1828.

Saint Roch. Engraving by W.Y. Ottley after D. Hopfer.

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