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An artist seated on a rock at the sea shore and oblivious to the rising tide. Engraving by H. Rolls, 1835, after R.W. Buss.

A young man is shouting at a man playing the trombone at 2.30 in the morning, for waking him and his family up during the night. Engraving by Robert Graves, 1834, after R.W. Buss.

Mary Brotherton encounters Old Sally, a woman on the moor. Line block after R.W. Buss, 1840.

A young woman is sitting in a chair reading a story which has made her nervous. Engraving by R. Graves after R.W. Buss.

Christmas celebrated by people playing instruments, eating and drinking: a man with white hair and a long white beard sitting watching a small man stirring punch in a bowl. Engraving by T. Hollis, 1851, after R.W. Buss.

A white man approaches a woman sitting on a bench in a garden, and when she turns her face to him he sees that she is black. Engraving by S. Davenport after R.W. Buss.

English graphic satire and its relation to different styles of painting, sculpture, and engraving : a contribution to the history of the English school of art / the numberous illustrations selected and drawn from the originals by Robert William Buss, and reproduced by photo-lithography.

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Robert William Buss

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Images by Robert William Buss

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Mary Brotherton encounters Old Sally, a woman on the moor. Line block after R.W. Buss, 1840.

English graphic satire and its relation to different styles of painting, sculpture, and engraving : a contribution to the history of the English school of art / the numberous illustrations selected and drawn from the originals by Robert William Buss, and reproduced by photo-lithography.

A white man approaches a woman sitting on a bench in a garden, and when she turns her face to him he sees that she is black. Engraving by S. Davenport after R.W. Buss.

An artist seated on a rock at the sea shore and oblivious to the rising tide. Engraving by H. Rolls, 1835, after R.W. Buss.

A young woman is sitting in a chair reading a story which has made her nervous. Engraving by R. Graves after R.W. Buss.