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A Romany fortune-teller is reading the palm of a young woman suffering unrequited love; two other Romany women are leaning over a fence and children are sitting around a fire. Etching by P.W. Tomkins after H.W. Bunbury, 1791.

A young couple stand under a tree: she holds a sheaf of corn in one hand, the young man clasps her other hand. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins after W. Lanranson (?).

Textiles: several Indian workers spinning, and working at a loom. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins, 1797, after A.W. Devis.

King George III. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins, 1801.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins, 1789, after Raphael.

Four boys and an old man working on the loom. Coloured stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins after A.W. Devis.

The Vestal virgin Tuccia being inspected while carrying water in a sieve to prove her chastity. Etching by P.W. Tomkins,1798, after Sir J. Reynolds.

Saint Augustine of Hippo: a child compares its attempt to empty the sea with a spoon with Saint Augustine's attempts understand the Holy Trinity. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins, 1816, after W.W. Hodgson after B. Tisi, il Garofalo.

Cupid, floating on a cloud, is seated on a basket of flowers; representing the season spring. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins, 1797, after W. Hamilton.

Charlotte, Princess Royal, Queen of Württemberg. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins.

Charlotte, Princess Royal, Queen of Württemberg. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins after J.H. Ramberg, 1789.

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Cupid, floating on a cloud, is seated on a basket of flowers; representing the season spring. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins, 1797, after W. Hamilton.

Charlotte, Princess Royal, Queen of Württemberg. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins.

A young couple stand under a tree: she holds a sheaf of corn in one hand, the young man clasps her other hand. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins after W. Lanranson (?).

King George III. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins, 1801.

Charlotte, Princess Royal, Queen of Württemberg. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins after J.H. Ramberg, 1789.