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  • Zerah Colburn, a mental calculator, as a child. Stipple engraving by H. Meyer, 1813, after T.H. Hull.
  • A doctor asks how his patient is feeling, the patient (a precocious child) retorts condescendingly. Reproduction of a drawing by C. A. Shepperson, 1921.
  • George Bidder, a mental calculator, aged twelve. Line engraving by S. Springsguth, 1818.
  • William Crotch as a child, a musical prodigy. Engraving.
  • The young Christ lectures the doctors of the Temple. Engraving by E. Rouargue.
  • Christ among the doctors. Engraving by A. de Bruyn, c. 1580, after S. Crispi.
  • A precocious child telling a dentist exactly what is wrong with her teeth. Process print after L. Baumer, 1936.
  • Zerah Colburn, a mental calculator, as a child. Engraving, 1813.
  • Pastimes: listening to a precocious chiild, creating a sculpture, a life class for women, and an artist's reminiscences of plein-air painting in Italy. Coloured lithograph after H. Monnnier, 1839.
  • Christ among the doctors. Etching by A. Scacciati, 1766, after G.B. Moroni, c. 1570.
  • George Bidder, a mental calculator, as a boy. Aquatint by H. Meyer, 1817, after W. Waite.
  • Susanna's innocence is proven by the young prophet Daniel. Engraving by E.G. Krüger after J-H. Fragonard after Valentin de Boulogne.
  • William Crotch, a musical prodigy. Engraving.
  • Christ teaches the doctors; while they scour books, he points upwards to indicate the source of his knowledge. Engraving by C. Levasseur after Borel after J. Ribera.
  • George Bidder, a mental calculator, aged thirteen. Line engraving by J.H. Robinson, 1819, after Miss Hayter.
  • Joseph Tudor Hughes, a boy musician, playing the harp. Lithograph after J. Mitchell.