An episode in The sorrows of young Werther, by Goethe: Albert, the husband of Charlotte, asks his wife to comply with Werther's request to lend him his pistols; she hands them to Werther's servant boy, knowing that Werther will shoot himself with them. Line engraving by P. Bonato after J.H. Ramberg.

A "theatre" of medicine and surgery. Watercolour by Johann Heinrich Ramberg, ca. 1800.

A farmer is watching a poor girl who is picking up small ears of corn; in the background is an expensive country house. Engraving by J.M. Delatre, 1788, after J.H. Ramberg.

Malvolio speaks to Olivia in a room, to the amusement of Maria. Stipple engraving by T. Ryder after J.H. Ramberg.

An episode in The vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith: Dr Primrose finding his daughter Olivia, who has been jilted by Squire Thornhill. Coloured engraving by F. Bartolozzi after J.H. Ramberg.

Thales of Miletus. Stipple engraving by J.H. Ramberg.

The interior of a hospital of the Order of St. John. Line engraving by Rasmäsler, 1828, after J.H. Ramberg.

A man and a boy contemplating gravestones in a cemetery. Line engraving by J.M. Delattre after J.H. Ramberg.

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