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A lecherous drinker sits with a girl at a barrel table in a dingy tavern. Engraving by P. Canot, c. 1756, after D. Teniers, the younger.

The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a perspective view looking north-east at the main building, with penitent mothers arriving beside a statue of fortune. Engraving by C. Grignion and P. C. Canot after S. Wale, 1749.

The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a perspective view looking north-west at the main building, happy children dancing round a statue of Flora [?]. Engraving by C. Grignion and P. C. Canot after S. Wale, 1749.

The outer forepart of the uterus, the inside of the placenta and a portion of the internal surface of the uterus: three figures. Copperplate engraving by P.C. Canot after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.

Men mooring their boats on a quayside in moonlight; representing night. Etching by P.C. Canot after Jean Pillement.

Three Dutch men drink and smoke round a barrel-table, behind man exits the room. Engraving by P. C. Canot, 18th century, after a painting by D. Teniers, the younger.

Dissections of the pregnant uterus at five months: two figures. Copperplate engraving by P.C. Canot after J.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.

Dissection of the pregnant uterus at five months, showing the placenta and the cervix, in relation to the bladder and urethra. Copperplate engraving by P.C. Canot after J.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.

Dissections showing parts of the pregnant uterus, decidua and ovum at nine months: five figures. Copperplate engraving by P.C. Canot after J.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.

A goatherd milking a goat in a field surrounded by other animals. Etching by P.C. Canot after J. Farington after P.P. Roos.

A lake, a cottage and ruins: country people are resting and enjoying the noontime with the sun-dial pointing at XII; representing midday. Etching by P.C Canot and C. Norton after J. Pillement.

People skating and sledging with their dogs on the ice of a frozen river in the Netherlands; representing the pleasures of winter. Engraving by P.C Canot, 1759, after J. Pillement.

An episode in 'Gerusalemme liberata': the knights Carlo and Ubaldo meet Good Fortune who offers to take them in her boat to the Fortunate Islands, in order to retrieve Rinaldo from the palace of Armida. Etching by P.C. Canot, 1744, after Claude Lorraine.

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Pierre-Charles Canot

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Images by Pierre-Charles Canot

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Dissection of the pregnant uterus at five months, showing the placenta and the cervix, in relation to the bladder and urethra. Copperplate engraving by P.C. Canot after J.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.

People skating and sledging with their dogs on the ice of a frozen river in the Netherlands; representing the pleasures of winter. Engraving by P.C Canot, 1759, after J. Pillement.

A lake, a cottage and ruins: country people are resting and enjoying the noontime with the sun-dial pointing at XII; representing midday. Etching by P.C Canot and C. Norton after J. Pillement.

A lecherous drinker sits with a girl at a barrel table in a dingy tavern. Engraving by P. Canot, c. 1756, after D. Teniers, the younger.

An episode in 'Gerusalemme liberata': the knights Carlo and Ubaldo meet Good Fortune who offers to take them in her boat to the Fortunate Islands, in order to retrieve Rinaldo from the palace of Armida. Etching by P.C. Canot, 1744, after Claude Lorraine.

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Pierre-Charles Canot

Images from the collections

Images by Pierre-Charles Canot

Works from the collections

Dissection of the pregnant uterus at five months, showing the placenta and the cervix, in relation to the bladder and urethra. Copperplate engraving by P.C. Canot after J.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.

People skating and sledging with their dogs on the ice of a frozen river in the Netherlands; representing the pleasures of winter. Engraving by P.C Canot, 1759, after J. Pillement.

A lake, a cottage and ruins: country people are resting and enjoying the noontime with the sun-dial pointing at XII; representing midday. Etching by P.C Canot and C. Norton after J. Pillement.

A lecherous drinker sits with a girl at a barrel table in a dingy tavern. Engraving by P. Canot, c. 1756, after D. Teniers, the younger.

An episode in 'Gerusalemme liberata': the knights Carlo and Ubaldo meet Good Fortune who offers to take them in her boat to the Fortunate Islands, in order to retrieve Rinaldo from the palace of Armida. Etching by P.C. Canot, 1744, after Claude Lorraine.

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