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Skull of a Caribbean person: side view. Lithograph by Engelmann after C.P. Mazer.

The skull of the painter Raphael: frontal view. Lithograph by Engelmann after C.P. Mazer.

A doctor, straddled by a skeleton, holds a full purse in his hands; signifying that he lives well off others' deaths. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann.

Sarah Biffin, a limbless artist. Lithograph by H. Grévedon after S. Biffin.

Wounded foreigners outside the city walls being picked up by French soldiers and taken to a guarded fortress. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann after H. Lecomte, 1820.

Scull of a public woman, remarkable for the depravity of her morals, her great propensity to steal and cruellty.

A troupe of blind musicians and their dogs confronting a rival street musician and his dog. Lithograph by Engelmann after S. Baptiste, 1828.

Six dragonflies and a wasp. Lithograph by G. Engelmann after P. Oudart.

Hopital des Grecs and hilly grounds in Alexandria. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann after Thienen.

<p>Presumably an episode in the Napoleonic Wars, of which Lecomte made many depictions. In the background is a large city</p>

1 print : lithograph ; image 15.7 x 23.3 cm

1 print : lithograph ; sheet 23.5 x 20.3 cm

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 23.8 x 37 cm

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Engelmann, G. (Godefroy), 1788-1839

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Wounded foreigners outside the city walls being picked up by French soldiers and taken to a guarded fortress. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann after H. Lecomte, 1820.

A troupe of blind musicians and their dogs confronting a rival street musician and his dog. Lithograph by Engelmann after S. Baptiste, 1828.

The skull of the painter Raphael: frontal view. Lithograph by Engelmann after C.P. Mazer.

Six dragonflies and a wasp. Lithograph by G. Engelmann after P. Oudart.

Hopital des Grecs and hilly grounds in Alexandria. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann after Thienen.

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Engelmann, G. (Godefroy), 1788-1839

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Wounded foreigners outside the city walls being picked up by French soldiers and taken to a guarded fortress. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann after H. Lecomte, 1820.

A troupe of blind musicians and their dogs confronting a rival street musician and his dog. Lithograph by Engelmann after S. Baptiste, 1828.

The skull of the painter Raphael: frontal view. Lithograph by Engelmann after C.P. Mazer.

Six dragonflies and a wasp. Lithograph by G. Engelmann after P. Oudart.

Hopital des Grecs and hilly grounds in Alexandria. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann after Thienen.

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