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A seated woman at her dressing table surrounded by two women, a maidservant and a boy servant. Engraving, 1828, by E. Finden after J. Stephanoff.

Rio de Janeiro: young children are being sold as slaves to men in cloaks and wide hats. Aquatint by Edward Finden, 1824, after Augustus Earle, ca. 1820.

Tunbridge Wells, Kent: important figures of the town. Etching by E.F. Finden.

Saint Patrick. Engraving by E. Finden, 1815.

James Watt. Stipple engraving by E. Finden after Sir F. Chantrey, 1832.

Greenwich, with London in the distance. Engraving by E. Finden after W. Westall.

Recife, Brazil: a street with men in high hats and uniform pointing out with long sticks the slaves they wish to purchase. Aquatint by Edward Finden after Augustus Earle.

Two black women and a boy on Lake Chad are about to be led away into slavery by a Spaniard. Stipple engraving by E. Finden, 1843, after Perring.

A bat-eared fennec. Engraving by E Finden, ca 1826, after Major Denham.

William Swainson. Stipple engraving by E. Finden, 1840, after A. Mosses.

A young woman lies prostrate in the arms of her brother ouotside a rural house as another woman comes through the doorway. Engraving by Edward Finden after W.H. Brooke.

Three young children visiting their mother's grave in a cemetery. Line engraving with etching by E.F. Finden after R. Westall.

St John's College, Cambridge: the back of third court. Line engraving by E. Finden, 1829, after W. Westall.

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Edward Francis Finden

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Images by Edward Francis Finden

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Three young children visiting their mother's grave in a cemetery. Line engraving with etching by E.F. Finden after R. Westall.

Recife, Brazil: a street with men in high hats and uniform pointing out with long sticks the slaves they wish to purchase. Aquatint by Edward Finden after Augustus Earle.

St John's College, Cambridge: the back of third court. Line engraving by E. Finden, 1829, after W. Westall.

Two black women and a boy on Lake Chad are about to be led away into slavery by a Spaniard. Stipple engraving by E. Finden, 1843, after Perring.

A bat-eared fennec. Engraving by E Finden, ca 1826, after Major Denham.