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Important old master drawings : the property of Mr. and Mrs. Deane F. Johnson, New York ; Jean Michel Moreau, Moreau le Jeune.

Joseph Ignace Guillotin. Line engraving by B. L. Prévost after J. M. Moreau, 1785.

Joseph Ignace Guillotin. Line engraving by Voyez, junior after J . M. Moreau, 1785 [?].

A royal banquet given by the City of Paris for King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to celebrate the birth of their son, the Dauphin. Engraving by J.M. Moreau after P.L. Moreau.

Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Dambrun, 1793, after J.M. Moreau.

A gentleman's toilet ("La petite toilette"). Oil painting after Jean-Michel Moreau le jeune.

Apollo flaying Marsyas. Etching by Massard after J.M. Moreau.

Apollo: Romans sent to consult the priests of Apollo at Delphi about an attack of the plague. Etching by J. de Longueil, 1769, after J.M. Moreau.

A young man and a young woman embrace each other at a table piled with books. Engraving by N. Le Mire, 1795, after J.M. Moreau le Jeune, 1794.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau greeted by Socrates, Montaigne and Plutarch on his arrival at the Elysian Fields. Engraving by C.F. Macret after J.M. Moreau, 1782.

The Baron de Lausane dies an atheist's death, despite the efforts of the Comte de Valmont to convert him. Engraving by A.J. Hulk after J.M. Moreau le jeune.

A slave is kneeling on the ground as Paul and Virginie try to protect him from a slave-owner holding a pipe and a stick. Engraving by G. Barrett, 1788, after J. Moreau.

Garçon et fille hermaphrodites vus et dessinés d'après nature par un des plus célébres artistes et gravés avec tout le soin possible pour l'utilité des studieux.

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Garçon et fille hermaphrodites vus et dessinés d'après nature par un des plus célébres artistes et gravés avec tout le soin possible pour l'utilité des studieux.

Apollo flaying Marsyas. Etching by Massard after J.M. Moreau.

Joseph Ignace Guillotin. Line engraving by B. L. Prévost after J. M. Moreau, 1785.

Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Dambrun, 1793, after J.M. Moreau.

Joseph Ignace Guillotin. Line engraving by Voyez, junior after J . M. Moreau, 1785 [?].