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A young woman has decided to leave home and her cases are waiting by the door as the young man points to her way out. Aquatint by C. Hunt, 1853, after T. Onwhyn.

Hicks Hall, Session House, Clerkenwell: a man is recognized outside the court. Etching by T. Onwhyn, 1841.

A room is full of broken furniture and a young couple are arguing. Aquatint by C. Hunt, 1853, after T. Onwhyn.

Sylvester Sound aiming a pistol at a broken mirror. Etching by T. Onwhyn, 1844.

Policemen entering the study of a medical student in search of thieves shoot at a pair of skeletons by mistake Etching by T. Onwhyn, 1844.

A young man who is a somnambulist sleepwalks to the garden of a parson and sits on the wall eating peaches, to the annoyance of the gardener and the proprietor. Etching by T. Onwhyn.

A married couple, Charles and Julia, quarrel and sit with their backs to one another. Aquatint by C. Hunt, 1853, after T. Onwhyn.

A young couple are having an argument, she is pointing with her finger and he is leaning towards her as the dog hides behind her skirts. Aquatint by C. Hunt, 1853, after T. Onwhyn.

After his honeymooon, a newly married man becomes disenchanted with his new wife and goes out drinking in his club with an old male friend. Aquatint by C. Hunt after T. Onwhyn.

A young couple embrace and their companions weep and look hopeful. Aquatint by C. Hunt, 1853, after T. Onwhyn.

Pleasures of the water cure / by a patient who has been well drench'd and wrench'd and restored to health.

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Thomas Onwhyn

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Hicks Hall, Session House, Clerkenwell: a man is recognized outside the court. Etching by T. Onwhyn, 1841.

After his honeymooon, a newly married man becomes disenchanted with his new wife and goes out drinking in his club with an old male friend. Aquatint by C. Hunt after T. Onwhyn.

A young man who is a somnambulist sleepwalks to the garden of a parson and sits on the wall eating peaches, to the annoyance of the gardener and the proprietor. Etching by T. Onwhyn.

Pleasures of the water cure / by a patient who has been well drench'd and wrench'd and restored to health.

Sylvester Sound aiming a pistol at a broken mirror. Etching by T. Onwhyn, 1844.

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Thomas Onwhyn

Images from the collections

Images by Thomas Onwhyn

Works from the collections

Hicks Hall, Session House, Clerkenwell: a man is recognized outside the court. Etching by T. Onwhyn, 1841.

After his honeymooon, a newly married man becomes disenchanted with his new wife and goes out drinking in his club with an old male friend. Aquatint by C. Hunt after T. Onwhyn.

A young man who is a somnambulist sleepwalks to the garden of a parson and sits on the wall eating peaches, to the annoyance of the gardener and the proprietor. Etching by T. Onwhyn.

Pleasures of the water cure / by a patient who has been well drench'd and wrench'd and restored to health.

Sylvester Sound aiming a pistol at a broken mirror. Etching by T. Onwhyn, 1844.

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