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  • Paul and Virginie are found by their slave Domingue and their dog Fidele when they are lost in the forests of Mauritius. Engraving.
  • 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.
  • 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.