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A boy entering a darkened barn, frightened by what he fears is a ghost but is an owl. Etching by R. Pollard and aquatint by F. Jukes, 1785, after R.M. Paye.

A doctor failing to hold death at bay from his patient; represented by a group of skeletal death figures one of whom is grabbing the doctor by the throat, the terrified patient looks on. Aquatint by F. Jukes, 1803, after S. Collings.

Astronomy and mathematics: Samuel Vince reading in his rooms at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, by the light of a shaded lamp. Aquatint by F. Jukes with engraving by J. K. Baldrey after R. C. Chilton, c.1784.

A large balloon representing the British national debt placed on top of the Stock Exchange in London. Aquatint by F. Jukes after Elizabeth Henrietta Phelps after William Phelps.

Gues des ruines de l'eglise de Clerkenwell, gravées en aquatinta, et publiées par F. Jukes, Howland-Street, a Londres

The fountain of Egeria, Rome: a pool in a grotto next to the fountain. Aquatint by F. Jukes, 1796 after R. Freebairn.

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Francis Jukes

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Gues des ruines de l'eglise de Clerkenwell, gravées en aquatinta, et publiées par F. Jukes, Howland-Street, a Londres

The fountain of Egeria, Rome: a pool in a grotto next to the fountain. Aquatint by F. Jukes, 1796 after R. Freebairn.

A boy entering a darkened barn, frightened by what he fears is a ghost but is an owl. Etching by R. Pollard and aquatint by F. Jukes, 1785, after R.M. Paye.

Astronomy and mathematics: Samuel Vince reading in his rooms at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, by the light of a shaded lamp. Aquatint by F. Jukes with engraving by J. K. Baldrey after R. C. Chilton, c.1784.

A large balloon representing the British national debt placed on top of the Stock Exchange in London. Aquatint by F. Jukes after Elizabeth Henrietta Phelps after William Phelps.