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  • Mr. Lambkin on his knees begging forgiveness from his loved one. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • An episode in La bergère des Alpes by Jean-François Marmontel: Fonrose disguised as a shepherd begs forgiveness from his father M. de Fonrose, while the seated goatherd Adelaide de Sevile is embraced by Madame de Fonrose. Etching by R. Delaunay, 1786, after Etienne Aubry.
  • Two eyes above a woman and child and other illustrations of groups of black people interwoven with a red banner bearing words including 'give love' and 'compassion'; advertisement by the National Urban League, Inc. for those with or affected by AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • 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.
  • Head of a woman representing clemency. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
  • Head of a woman representing clemency. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
  • The return of the prodigal son. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Massari.
  • A young woman implores her father to allow her to marry a politician who supported a different candidate in the Middlesex by-election from the one favoured by the father. Engraving by J. Miller, 1769.
  • The death bed of Queen Caroline. Engraving by Cooper after Fussell, 1821.
  • Events in Krishna's life. Gouache drawing.