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  • The fable of the acorn and the pumpkin: an acorn falls on a man resting under an oak tree on a grassy bank, with pumpkins and his tools and basket around him. Engraving by J.C. Le Vasseur after N. Bertin after J. de La Fontaine.
  • At a Great Exhibition a shopkeeper sells enemas concealed in hollow volumes of classic literature for purposes of discretion. Lithograph by C. Vernier, 1844.
  • Poets: twenty portraits of writers. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.
  • A priest interrupted at his prayers by an elderly and a young woman. Engraving by N. Bart.
  • A miller sits on a donkey which is being pulled by the reins and pushed from behind to make it move. Lithograph by S. Baptiste, 1828.
  • The suicides of Pyramus and Thisbe: Thisbe and Pyramus lying dead in front of Ninus' tomb, having stabbed themselves with the sword next to them. Line engraving by V. Vangelisti after G. Reni.
  • Saint John the Baptist in the wilderness, next to a spring of water. Etching by Girolamo Rossi after G. Reni.
  • Gaspard Monge, Comte de Peluse. Line engraving by J. M. Fontaine after A. Devéria.