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Still life prints

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  • Game animals, birds and waterfowl (23 varieties), lying dead on the ground beneath an oak tree, in a pastoral setting. Etching, by G. Van der Gucht after P.A. Rysbrack (?), 1750/1770?.
  • Dead boars and a dead deer. Etching attributed to James Ward, ca. 1794.
  • A cat born with two heads. Engraving by J. Chevillet, 1756, after J. De Sève.
  • Stones or crystals from Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Pieces of volcanic minerals from Solfatara. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
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    Dead game animals and birds, lying beside a rifle: a long-beaked bird and a hare are shown hanging by their feet, with another small bird lying on the ground. Mixed method print attributed to James Ward, ca. 1794.

    Ward, James, 1769-1859. | Date: June 17th 1800 | Reference: 581011i
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    A vase of flowers, books, a violin, artist's palette and brushes all sit on a table in a room with panelled walls. Chromolithograph after E.G. Handel Lucas.

    Lucas, Edward George Handel, 1861-1936. | Date: [1909] | Reference: 33124i
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    Lava, scoriae and pumice from Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.

    Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784. | Date: [1776] | Reference: 43728i
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    Bagpipes, with the score of the song "O ma tendre musette". Etching by L. Gaucherel after Ph. Rousseau.

    Rousseau, Philippe, 1816-1887. | Date: [1877] | Reference: 3042712i
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    Fish, eels, shellfish and crustaceans (22 different varieties), lying dead on a table and in baskets. Etching, by G. Van der Gucht after P.A. Rysbrack, 1750/1770.

    Rysbrack, Pieter Andreas, 1690-1748. | Date: [1750/1770?] | Reference: 581047i
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