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  • Virginie resting by a fountain in Mauritius. Engraving by C. Heath, 1820, after R. Westall.
  • Virginie giving a bowl of food to a starving black slave woman who has fled from her master. Engraving by E. Rouargue, 1824, after A. Desenne.
  • Louise Chevalier in the role of Virginie is feeding water from her hands into the mouth of a black man in a loin-cloth. Mezzotint by J. Ward, 1799, after C. Henard.
  • Paul and Virginie are found by their slave Domingue and their dog Fidele when they are lost in the forests of Mauritius. Engraving.
  • A slave is kneeling on the ground as Paul and Virginie try to protect him from a slave-owner holding a pipe and a stick. Engraving by G. Barrett, 1788, after J. Moreau.
  • Guillaume, Baron Dupuytren: his tomb at Père Lachaise Cemetery. Wood engraving by Best, Leloir, Hotelin, and Régnier.