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Revenge

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  • Arabic Kufic calligraphy, A passage from the Qur'an
  • A duel on horseback between Alvar Sánchez and Gonzalo Gomez, watched by Doña Lambra: Alvar Sánchez is killed. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. Vaenius.
  • Achilles dragging the body of Hector around Troy. Mezzotint after G. Hamilton, 1794.
  • The seven sons of Lara take vengeance on Doña Lambra's servant for insulting Gonzalo Gomez: they kill the servant in front of Doña Lambra and smear her cloak in his blood. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. Vaenius.
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    A duel on horseback between Alvar Sánchez and Gonzalo Gomez, watched by Doña Lambra: Alvar Sánchez is killed. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. Vaenius.

    Veen, Otto van, 1556-1629. | Reference: 42729i
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    A physician being tormented with medical and surgical treatments by grotesque figures representing his former patients. Coloured etching by R. Newton, 1792, after G.M. Woodward.

    Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809. | Date: Nov.r 11 1792 | Reference: 2491101i
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    An episode in The merry wives of Windsor: Sir John Falstaff is invited to a tryst in Windsor Forest at night, dressed in bizarre clothing: he is attacked by children dressed as fairies and by the merry wives. Stipple engraving by I. Taylor, 1795, after R. Smirke.

    Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845. | Date: [1795] | Reference: 3162264i
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    The seven sons of Lara take vengeance on Doña Lambra's servant for insulting Gonzalo Gomez: they kill the servant in front of Doña Lambra and smear her cloak in his blood. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. Vaenius.

    Veen, Otto van, 1556-1629. | Reference: 42732i
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    Achilles dragging the body of Hector around Troy. Mezzotint after G. Hamilton, 1794.

    Hamilton, Gavin, 1723-1798. | Date: 12th May 1794 | Reference: 11596i
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