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Sun - Rising and setting

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  • Evening: shepherds, labourers on their way home after a day of work, followed by two women and a child who cross a stream. Etching by J. Wagner after G. Zocchi.
  • Left, the sun depicting Disraeli is setting on a devastated land; right, the sun depicting Gladstone is rising, bringing hope and a blooming economy. Lithograph, 1879.
  • Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus) scales
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    Left, the sun depicting Disraeli is setting on a devastated land; right, the sun depicting Gladstone is rising, bringing hope and a blooming economy. Lithograph, 1879.

    | Date: [1879] | Reference: 568558i
    Part of: Victorian album of political satires.
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    Survivors of a shipwreck on a raft at sea. Engraving by W. Miller, 185-, after F. Danby, 1824.

    Danby, Francis, 1793-1861. | Date: [between 1850 and 1859?] | Reference: 2491416i
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    A sea port: left, a palace and an arch; right, a ship in port. Engraving by E. Goodall, 1830, after Claude Lorrain.

    Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682. | Date: March 1st 1830 | Reference: 2924521i
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    A sea harbour, with a sailing boat moored; four men walk towards an ancient temple on the left. Etching by C. Knapton, 1735, after Claude Lorraine.

    Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682. | Date: 1735 | Reference: 3010920i
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    A sea port: palatial buildings on the left, ships on the right, and people on the shore in the centre. Engraving by J.Ph. Le Bas and Petit after Claude Lorraine.

    Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682. | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 2924457i
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