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Pollard, Robert, 1755-1838

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  • Benjamin Franklin. Line engraving by R. Pollard, 1780.
  • The angel Raphael appears among the animals in the garden of Eden to gaze upon Adam and Eve. Aquatint with etching by R. Pollard, 1792, after C. Metz.
  • A Swedish woman standing on the edge of a cliff, blowing on a long pipe. Engraving by R. Pollard after E.D. Clarke.
  • Two women lying dead in a London street during the great plague, 1665, one with a child who is still alive. Etching after R. Pollard II.
  • A man recuperating in bed at a receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, after resuscitation by W. Hawes and J.C. Lettsom from near drowning. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.
  • A boy entering a darkened barn, frightened by what he fears is a ghost but is an owl. Etching by R. Pollard and aquatint by F. Jukes, 1785, after R.M. Paye.
  • A head, a hand and a torso of a criminal, each deposited on a cartwheel on top of a stripped tree-trunk. Engraving by R. Pollard after E.D. Clarke, 1819.
  • Children being instructed in the exploits of famous explorers such as Columbus and Cook, whose portraits are shown in roundels. Etching by R. Pollard after Dodd, 17--.
  • A man recuperating in bed at a receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, after resuscitation by W. Hawes and J.C. Lettsom from near drowning. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.
  • A man being brought in by boat apparently drowned, his wife and family grieve on the shore. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.
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    A Swedish woman standing on the edge of a cliff, blowing on a long pipe. Engraving by R. Pollard after E.D. Clarke.

    Clarke, Edward Daniel, 1769-1822. | Date: Jany 1. 1819 | Reference: 36039i
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    A boy entering a darkened barn, frightened by what he fears is a ghost but is an owl. Etching by R. Pollard and aquatint by F. Jukes, 1785, after R.M. Paye.

    Paye, Richard Morton, 1750-1821. | Date: April 12th 1785 | Reference: 11528i
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    The angel Raphael appears among the animals in the garden of Eden to gaze upon Adam and Eve. Aquatint with etching by R. Pollard, 1792, after C. Metz.

    Metz, C. M. (Conrad Martin), 1755-1827. | Date: 24 February 1792 | Reference: 20343i
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    Europa (right), grieving after her rape by Jupiter, is consoled by Venus and Cupid (centre); Jupiter disguised as a bull looks on from the left background. Engraving by T. Cook and R. Pollard, 1797, after B. West, 1772.

    West, Benjamin, 1738-1820. | Date: Jany: 30th; 1797 | Reference: 3154445i
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    Benjamin Franklin. Line engraving by R. Pollard, 1780.

    | Date: 1780 | Reference: 3154i
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