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Nathaniel Cotton. Line engraving by W. H. Worthington, 1820, after J. Thurston.

A man kneeling and praying at a tomb in a cemetery is joined by another gentleman. Line engraving by Taylor after J. Thurston.

Joan of Arc conjures demons in Shakespeare's 'Henry VI'; but the demons are uncompliant; one hangs his head on the left. Engraving by C. Warren, 1805, after J. Thurston.

Erasmus Darwin. Line engraving by J. T. Wedgwood, 1820 after J. Thurston after J. Wright, 1770.

A woman and a child walk past an old man begging in the street. Engraving by C. Warren after T. Thurston.

Dr Sangrado taking the pulse of a sick clergyman. Engraving by Thurston, 1802, after C. Warren after A. Le Sage.

The anatomy of melancholy, what it is, with all the kindes, causes, symptomes, prognosticks, and severall cures of it : in three partitions : with their severall sections, members, and subsections, philosophically, medicinally, historically opened and cut up / by Democritus Junior. With satyricall preface conducing to the following discourse.

Saint Jerome. Stipple engraving by W. Ridley after J. Thurston.

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Thurston, John, 1774-1822

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Dr Sangrado taking the pulse of a sick clergyman. Engraving by Thurston, 1802, after C. Warren after A. Le Sage.

Joan of Arc conjures demons in Shakespeare's 'Henry VI'; but the demons are uncompliant; one hangs his head on the left. Engraving by C. Warren, 1805, after J. Thurston.

Saint Jerome. Stipple engraving by W. Ridley after J. Thurston.

Erasmus Darwin. Line engraving by J. T. Wedgwood, 1820 after J. Thurston after J. Wright, 1770.