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  • A young woman is sitting in a chair with a tapestry in a frame in front of her, trying to be distracted from the thought of her forced marriage. Engraving by W.H. Simmons, 1840, after J.H. Nixon.
  • A young woman is weeping as she is being offered in marriage by her mother to a old, lame man. Engraving by J. Goldar after J. Collet, 1767.
  • An episode in 'Rookwood', a novel by W. Harrison Ainsworth: Luke Bradley, who is threatening Eleanor Mowbray with a dagger, is himself threatened by Ranulph Rookwood with a sword, but Ranulph is suddenly restrained by Dick Turpin. Line engraving by W. Greatbach after J. Cawse, 1837.