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Sarah Biffin, a limbless painter. Engraving by R.W. Sievier, 1821, after Sarah Biffin.

Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Etching by R.W. Sievier, 1830, after S. del Piombo.

A boy with a variety of icthyosis, a skin disease, which in this case resembles the scales of an alligator. Stipple engraving by R.W. Sievier, 1818.

Venus and Cupid. Engraving by R.W. Sievier after W. Etty.

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Sievier, Robert William, 1794-1865

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A boy with a variety of icthyosis, a skin disease, which in this case resembles the scales of an alligator. Stipple engraving by R.W. Sievier, 1818.

Sarah Biffin, a limbless painter. Engraving by R.W. Sievier, 1821, after Sarah Biffin.

Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Etching by R.W. Sievier, 1830, after S. del Piombo.

Venus and Cupid. Engraving by R.W. Sievier after W. Etty.