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Two women accompanied by a child are washing clothes in a large vessel. Engraving by C. Le Vasseur after G. Gambarini.

One man punches another in a drunken tavern brawl, two others shout encouragement. Engraving by J. Levasseur after A. Brouwer.

Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he saw her. Line engraving by J.C. Levasseur, 1769, after H. Collin de Vermont, 1727.

The fable of the acorn and the pumpkin: an acorn falls on a man resting under an oak tree on a grassy bank, with pumpkins and his tools and basket around him. Engraving by J.C. Le Vasseur after N. Bertin after J. de La Fontaine.

A man carries a large pot plant while, in the background, gardeners are at work. Etching by J.C. Le Vasseur, 18th century, after Teniers.

Christ teaches the doctors; while they scour books, he points upwards to indicate the source of his knowledge. Engraving by C. Levasseur after Borel after J. Ribera.

A corn-harvester, with a scythe and a sickle. Engraving by J.C. Le Vasseur after D. Teniers.

Sex-workers are transported in a cart through the streets of Paris to a hospital for people with sexually transmitted diseases. Engraving by J.C. Le Vasseur after Etienne Jeaurat.

An Italian family in the countryside: the father and mother, two children and a young woman. Engraving by C. Le Vasseur after G. Gambarini.

Pierre Pomme. Line engraving by J. C. le Vasseur, 1782, after F. P. J. Kymli.

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Le Vasseur, Jean Charles, 1734-1816

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Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he saw her. Line engraving by J.C. Levasseur, 1769, after H. Collin de Vermont, 1727.

Sex-workers are transported in a cart through the streets of Paris to a hospital for people with sexually transmitted diseases. Engraving by J.C. Le Vasseur after Etienne Jeaurat.

An Italian family in the countryside: the father and mother, two children and a young woman. Engraving by C. Le Vasseur after G. Gambarini.

Pierre Pomme. Line engraving by J. C. le Vasseur, 1782, after F. P. J. Kymli.

The fable of the acorn and the pumpkin: an acorn falls on a man resting under an oak tree on a grassy bank, with pumpkins and his tools and basket around him. Engraving by J.C. Le Vasseur after N. Bertin after J. de La Fontaine.