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The new female instructor; or, Young woman's guide to domestic happiness : being an epitome of all the acquirements necessary to form the female character, in every class of life: with examples of illustrious women. To which are added, advice to servants; a complete art of cookery, and plain directions for carving: also, a great variety of medicinal and other useful receipts in domestic economy; and numerous interesting articles, forming a complete storehouse of valuable knowledge.
Date: [1824]- Pictures
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An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop, with his wig on fire, angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768Reference: 22033i- Pictures
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Sancho Panza (the squire of Don Quixote) , at a banquet, being starved for health reasons by his physician. Lithograph by C. Nanteuil after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616Date: 1800-1899Reference: 22108i- Pictures
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A woman looks at herself in her mirror; a man looks through a telescope; representing the sense of sight. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, ca. 1650.
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676Date: 1600-1699Reference: 26944i- Pictures
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Judith puts the head of Holofernes into her maid's bag. Etching (?) after H. Goltzius.
Goltzius, Hendrik, 1558-1617Reference: 20970i