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Steel engravings

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Images of Steel engravings

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  • A man visiting a health resort with his limbs immobilized is watching a wasp flying near him; bath tub in the background. Etching, 1869.
  • Three horses standing near a thatched cottage in the moors. Steel engraving by G. Zobel after E. H. Landseer.
  • A child wearing Scottish dress and a feathered hat is mounted on a Shetland pony. Steel engraving by J. Cochrane after W. Salter, 1845.
  • A well groomed itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares from a smart carriage. Steel engraving by K. Schüler (?) after F. Piloty.
  • A man visiting a health resort is covered with a sheet and lying on a wooden daybed, two men covered with sheets are standing before him; in the background a man with a sheet on his shoulders is filling up a glass with water. Etching, May 1870.
  • Saint Roch. Engraving by W. Radclyffe after T. Allom.
  • A fox, sitting on a tree trunk, is enticing a bear to poke its head in the hollow of the trunk, so as to trap the bear's head. Etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.
  • An opinionated child ignores his parents; representing the faculty of obstinacy in phrenology. Steel engraving, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • Two dogs dressed in comical human costumes. Steel engraving by C. G. Lewis after E. H. Landseer.
  • The arrest of Robespierre after his failed suicide attempt. Steel engraving by A. Revel after T. Johannot.
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Works from the collections

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    A fox, a monkey and a badger are deliberating directions at a crossing. Etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.

    Joseph Wolf | Date: 1853 | Reference: 39615i
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    A nocturnal battle between two stags. Steel engraving by G. Zobel after E. H. Landseer.

    Edwin Landseer | Date: 1868 | Reference: 40146i
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    John Quincy Adams. Steel engraving, 1881.

    | Date: [1881] | Reference: 2885207i
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    Eugen Francis Charles d'Albert. Steel engraving by D.J. Pound after J.E. Mayall.

    John Jabez Edwin Mayall | Reference: 5333i
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    Ticket for the Tiverton School Feast of 1726. Steel engraving by J. Moore after W. Hogarth.

    William Hogarth | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 39213i
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Related topics

Posture
Foxes
Gesture
Temperament
Head
Characters and characteristics
Physiognomy
Phrenology
Psychology - History
Health resorts

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