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  • A young lover (Alexis) apologises to the parents of Lydia, with whom he had eloped to Gretna Green to be married without having asked their permission: he pleads that he was more likely to be pardoned for an act that had not been refused. Engraving, 1792.
  • Saturn, seated right, is threatened by his three children Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto. Engraving by G. Bonasone after G. Romano, ca. 1560.