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The last moments of Napoleon Bonaparte at St Helena, 1821. Engraving by Bovinet and Couché after Gudin.

Four different dogs, including a great dane and an alsatian. Coloured etching by L. F. Couché and J. D. E. Canu after A.C. Vauthier.

School of Medicine, Paris. Line engraving by L.F. Couché, 1818.

Four different species of cats, including the angora cat and the domestic cat. Coloured etching by J. D. E. Canu and L. F. Couché after A.C. Vauthier.

An agouti. Coloured etching by Lecerf and L. F. Couché after M.C. Lesson.

A seated orang-utan. Coloured etching by L. F. Couché and E. S. Rebel Massard after A.C. Vauthier.

Gaspard Monge, Comte de Peluse. Stipple engraving by L.F. Couché, ca. 1830.

A chart delineating the dog pedigree and interrelations. Engraving by L. F. Couché.

A chlamyphore. Coloured etching by Smith after A.C. Vauthier.

Marie-François Vergèz. Line engraving by F.L. Couché, 1807.

Four different dogs, including a greyhound and a siberian sheep dog. Coloured etching by L. F. Couché and J. F. Cazenave after A.C. Vauthier.

Saint Geneviève, surrounded by a crowd of Parisians, exhorts them (to resist the Huns?). Etching by L.F. Couché after A. Martinet.

Oath of the Tennis Court: the deputies of the third estate meeting in the tennis court at the Château of Versailles, swearing not to disperse until a constitution is assured. Etching by L-F. Couché after J. L. David.

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Four different dogs, including a greyhound and a siberian sheep dog. Coloured etching by L. F. Couché and J. F. Cazenave after A.C. Vauthier.

A seated orang-utan. Coloured etching by L. F. Couché and E. S. Rebel Massard after A.C. Vauthier.

Gaspard Monge, Comte de Peluse. Stipple engraving by L.F. Couché, ca. 1830.

A chlamyphore. Coloured etching by Smith after A.C. Vauthier.

Oath of the Tennis Court: the deputies of the third estate meeting in the tennis court at the Château of Versailles, swearing not to disperse until a constitution is assured. Etching by L-F. Couché after J. L. David.

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