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A man (Guillaume le franc-parleur) showing his wife a newborn baby: she is torn between outrage at her husband's supposed infidelity and love for the baby. Engraving by A. Coupé after A. Desenne, 1814, after Étienne Jouy.

Men and boys at a table drinking as a musician plays the lute. Engraving by A. Reindel, early 19th century, after A. Desenne after B. Manfredi, c. 1600.

Erasistratus, a physician, realising that the illness of Antiochus (son of Seleucus I) is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rate rises when ever he sees her. Engraving by P. Baquoy after A. Desenne after G. de Lairesse.

Virginie giving a bowl of food to a starving black slave woman who has fled from her master. Engraving by E. Rouargue, 1824, after A. Desenne.

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A man (Guillaume le franc-parleur) showing his wife a newborn baby: she is torn between outrage at her husband's supposed infidelity and love for the baby. Engraving by A. Coupé after A. Desenne, 1814, after Étienne Jouy.

Erasistratus, a physician, realising that the illness of Antiochus (son of Seleucus I) is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rate rises when ever he sees her. Engraving by P. Baquoy after A. Desenne after G. de Lairesse.

Virginie giving a bowl of food to a starving black slave woman who has fled from her master. Engraving by E. Rouargue, 1824, after A. Desenne.

Men and boys at a table drinking as a musician plays the lute. Engraving by A. Reindel, early 19th century, after A. Desenne after B. Manfredi, c. 1600.