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A man about to be executed in publc receives a pardon at the last minute; representing a work of art which has a striking composition but is not finished in detail. Soft ground etching after Henry Alken.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child lying on the cross. Unfinished engraving after J. Gossaert (Mabuse) (?).

A young woman holding up a casket on a dish as she looks back over her shoulder. Etching by J. Heath, 1815, after Titian.

Christopher Columbus on his death bed with a young man kneeling at the bedside; an open chest full of documents beside. Stipple engraving after G. Wappers.

A man dressed in seventeenth century costume leaning against the socle of some double columns. Etching.

The deathbed of Raphael Sanzio: Pope Leo X scatters flowers on his dead body. Engraving by Pauquet after P.-N. Bergeret.

A man and two women, perhaps members of the Stuart royal family, taking leave of each other on a dock side. Engraving, unfinished.

Three young women in a landscape, with two small boys. Etching.

A woman kneeling before a dishevelled man, with onlookers observing from behind a rock. Etching, unfinished.

Bust of a man. Stipple engraving.

A hermit (St. Jerome?) reclining by a rock in a landscape with an angel blowing a trumpet above. Engraving.

People bowing in front of a holy man kneeling on the ground. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.

Pan seated next to a nymph who holds a cornucopia with Cupid playing cymbals before a herm. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 15--.

Napoleon Bonaparte in his study. Engraving, unfinished, after J.-L. David, 1812.

Ellen Power, reclining and reading a letter, surrounded by three pet dogs. Etching by T. Landseer, ca. 1841, after E.H. Landseer.

Saint Justina of Padua. Engraving after A. Bonvicino, il Moretto.

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Works from the collections

Napoleon Bonaparte in his study. Engraving, unfinished, after J.-L. David, 1812.

A man dressed in seventeenth century costume leaning against the socle of some double columns. Etching.

Ellen Power, reclining and reading a letter, surrounded by three pet dogs. Etching by T. Landseer, ca. 1841, after E.H. Landseer.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child lying on the cross. Unfinished engraving after J. Gossaert (Mabuse) (?).

Saint Justina of Padua. Engraving after A. Bonvicino, il Moretto.