An episode in 'Gil Blas': Gil Blas and Don Alphonso, on the road from Toledo to Cuenca, receive advice from a hermit who subsequently reveals himself as their friend Don Raphael in disguise. Engraving by F. Engleheart after R. Smirke.

John Aikin. Line engraving by F. Englehart, 1823.

John Armstrong. Line engraving by F. Engleheart after J. Thurston.

Members of a family listen to a sermon from a private space in a church. Etching by F. Engleheart after G. Cattermole.

A bedridden sick young woman being examined by a doctor, accompanied by her anxious parents. Engraving by F. Engleheart, 1838, after Sir D. Wilkie.

A white slave-owner handing a knife to a black enslaved man. Engraving by F. Engleheart, 1832, after W. Harvey.

1 print : etching ; platemark 22.7 x 15.2 cm

1 print : engraving ; platemark 20.1 x 13.7 cm

1 print : line engraving with etching ; image 36.5 x 56.3 cm

1 print : engraving ; image and border 22.1 x 17.5 cm

The Holy Family. Engraving by F. Engleheart, 1812, after Fra Bartolomeo.

1 print : line engraving with etching ; image 40.5 x 55 cm

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Members of a family listen to a sermon from a private space in a church. Etching by F. Engleheart after G. Cattermole.

An episode in 'Gil Blas': Gil Blas and Don Alphonso, on the road from Toledo to Cuenca, receive advice from a hermit who subsequently reveals himself as their friend Don Raphael in disguise. Engraving by F. Engleheart after R. Smirke.

A bedridden sick young woman being examined by a doctor, accompanied by her anxious parents. Engraving by F. Engleheart, 1838, after Sir D. Wilkie.

The Holy Family. Engraving by F. Engleheart, 1812, after Fra Bartolomeo.

A bedridden sick young woman being examined by a doctor, accompanied by her anxious parents. Engraving by F. Engleheart, 1838, after Sir D. Wilkie.