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56 results filtered with: Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810
  • The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a perspective view looking north-east at the main building, with penitent mothers arriving beside a statue of fortune. Engraving by C. Grignion and P. C. Canot after S. Wale, 1749.
  • David Garrick in the rôle of Richard III, awakening from his nightmare in the tent with military activities in the background. Etching by W. Hogarth and C. Grignion after W. Hogarth.
  • Burying the dead during the plague of 1665. Etching by C. Grignion after S. Wale.
  • Muscles of the horse. Engraving by C. Grignion after F. Sartorius for J. Bridges, 1772.
  • A canoe with men from the Hawaiian Islands wearing masks, encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by C. Grignion, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • Muscles of the head, neck, and pelvis. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.
  • Mercury [Hermes] as god of trade presenting the continents to Britannia. Etching by C. Grignion after S. Wale.
  • An écorché figure, front view, with left arm extended, showing the deep muscles and the bones. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1747.
  • Above, Algerians executing a Christian slave for attempting to escape by suspending him on hooks through hands and feet in a wooden frame; below, Algerians torturing a burglar by cutting off his hand, hanging it around his neck and tying him on a bull. Engraving by C. Grignion after W. Grainger.
  • Subtle the alchemist, posing as an astrologer, being visited by Abel Drugger, in Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist'. Engraving by C. Grignion, 1791, after J. Graham.
  • The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a perspective view looking north-west at the main building, happy children dancing round a statue of Flora [?]. Engraving by C. Grignion and P. C. Canot after S. Wale, 1749.
  • Episode in "The Knight of the Burning Pestle": a man with a barber's bowl beneath his chin is about to be clubbed by a knight in armour; a man stands immediately behind him, to the left is a seated couple, to the right a man who has been knocked down, and in the foreground the audience looks on. Etching by C. Grignion after M. Rooker.
  • An écorché figure, front view, with left arm extended, showing the deep muscles and the bones. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1747.
  • Men diving into the Fleet ditch, London; representing the activities of political scandal-mongers. Process print after C. Grignion after F.  Hayman.
  • A young woman takes the hand of a sick man, while an older woman listens. Line engraving by C. Grignion after P. Sandby.
  • An écorché figure, front view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the fourth order of muscles, with a grazing rhinoceros seen in the background. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1747.
  • Astronomy: an astronomer in his study, looking out of the window with a telescope. Engraving by C. Grignion after S. Wale.
  • Hermaphroditus sleeping. Etching by C. Grignion after R. Dalton, 1744.
  • Men diving into the Fleet ditch, London; representing the activities of political scandal-mongers. Process print after C. Grignion after F.  Hayman.
  • Sancho Panza examining Don Quixote's mouth. Line engraving by C. Grignion after F. Hayman, 1755.
  • Muscles and bones of the head and trunk. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.
  • At two inns on the outskirts of a village, vigorous political campaigning, comprising fighting and bribery takes place; a countryman is offered money and cards of invitation by two rival representatives of the Tory and Whig inns. Engraving by Charles Grignion after William Hogarth, 1757.
  • Mahomet executing Saint Irene of Constantinople (?). Etching by C. Grignion.
  • A face void of all discernible connection with temperament or expression. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • Dissection made after the removal of a pregnant uterus, showing the parts lying immediately behind. Copperplate engraving by C. Grignion after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.
  • Saint Augustine of Canterbury. Etching by C. Grignion, 17--, after S. Wale.
  • An écorché figure, back view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the muscles, with a tomb and a hilly landscape in the background. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.
  • John Milton dictating 'Paradise Lost' to his daughter due to his blindness. Line engraving by C. Grignion after S. Wale.
  • Four men of different temperaments looking at a painting of a dying man. Engraving by Grignion after D. Chodowiecki.
  • Skulls infected with venereal disease: two figures. Line engraving by C. Grignion, ca. 1788.