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Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Etching by W. Unger after Titian.

Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Engraving by W. Bromley after P.P. Rubens.

Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Engraving by R. Pranker, 176-, after J. (?) Houbraken.

Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Engraving by P. Anderloni after Titian.

Three scenes: a woman undergoing a trial for adultery, a Jewish burial and circumcision ceremony. Etching after a woodcut, 1682.

Christ in the temple with the woman taken in adultery. Engraving by Diana Scultori after Giulio Romano.

The most eloquent speech, at length, of Mr. Phillips, in the Court of Common Pleas, Dublin, in the case of Guthrie v. Sterne, for adultery : with the author's last corrections : not a single word omitted.

The trial of the Hon. Mrs. Catherine Newton, Wife of John Newton, Esq; and Daughter of the Right Honourable and Reverend Lord Francis Seymour; at the Consistory Court of Doctor's commons; upon a libel and allegations, Charging her with the Crime of adultery, with Mr. Isham Baggs, a young Oxonian; Mr. Brett, a Player at Bath; Thomas Cope, Mrs. Newton's Coachman; Isaac Hatheway, her Footman; John Ackland, of Fairfield, in the County of Somerset, Esquire; and divers other Persons. With all the interesting Scenes fully, minutely, and circumstantially displayed. Containing the Whole of the Evidence in that very Extraordinay trial.

The trial of Lady Maria Bayntun, wife of Andrew Bayntun, Esq; and son of Sir Edward Bayntun, Bart. at Doctors Commons, for committing the high crime of adultery with John Allen Cooper, Esq; Containing the whole substance of the evidence given in that remarkable cause.

The Duke of Cumberland being prosecuted by Richard, Baron Grosvenor, for adultery with Lady Grosvenor. Engraving, ca. 1770.

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The most eloquent speech, at length, of Mr. Phillips, in the Court of Common Pleas, Dublin, in the case of Guthrie v. Sterne, for adultery : with the author's last corrections : not a single word omitted.

The trial of Lady Maria Bayntun, wife of Andrew Bayntun, Esq; and son of Sir Edward Bayntun, Bart. at Doctors Commons, for committing the high crime of adultery with John Allen Cooper, Esq; Containing the whole substance of the evidence given in that remarkable cause.

The Duke of Cumberland being prosecuted by Richard, Baron Grosvenor, for adultery with Lady Grosvenor. Engraving, ca. 1770.

Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Engraving by P. Anderloni after Titian.