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Hermits

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  • An episode in 'Gil Blas': Gil Blas and Don Alphonso, on the road from Toledo to Cuenca, receive advice from a hermit who subsequently reveals himself as their friend Don Raphael in disguise. Engraving by F. Engleheart after R. Smirke.
  • Six different pieces of sealed, precious medicinal earth known as 'terra sigillata'. Pen drawing.
  • A hermit in meditation: the hermit of Warkworth, Northumbria. Wood engraving by Luke Clennell.
  • Saint Christopher: watched by a hermit, he carries the Christ Child across a river. Etching by R. Eynhoudts after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • An anchoress or nun of an enclosed order locked in her cell; representing the monastic cell as the heaven of the loving soul. Coloured engraving, 16--.
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    Mount Zouquala, Abyssinia: hermits exorcising devils. Process print after F.C. Dickinson after Dr. Koelitz.

    Dickinson, F. C. | Reference: 23178i
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    Two turbaned men with two women approach the cave of an anchorite: he welcomes them to his cave. Pencil drawing attributed to a follower of R. Westall.

    Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. | Reference: 3064059i
    Part of: Four drawings attributed to a follower of Richard Westall.
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    Samuel Mathews, a hermit. Engraving by J. Greig, 1803, after G. Arnald.

    Arnald, George, 1763-1841. | Date: 1 February 1803 | Reference: 895i
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    S. Barrett, a hermit. Stipple engraving by C. Doyle, 1807.

    | Date: June 1st 1807 | Reference: 151i
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    John Bigg, an eccentric hermit. Etching attributed to R. Livesay, 1787.

    Livesay, Richard, -1823? | Date: Dec:r 10th: 1787 | Reference: 167i
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