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1 print : aquatint, with etching ; platemark 15.8 x 22 cm

Khoi people of the Gonaqua kingdom, southern Africa. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819, after F. Le Vaillant.

Possibly Bassin La Paix, which has a similar basaltic platform to the one shown here but does not have the bridge over the top of the cascade. In the foreground are two Europeans admiring the view (Bory de Saint-Vincent and Patu de Rosemont?)

1 print : aquatint, with etching ; platemark 16.7 x 23.7 cm

Saint-Benoît, La Réunion, Indian Ocean: a waterfall in the Rivière des Roches, seen from the lowest of three water levels. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819, after J.J. Patu de Rosemont.

Alessandro Manzoni, 'I promessi sposi', chap 35, p. 305

1 print : lithograph ; image 31.3 x 43.3 cm

A monk visiting the victims of the great plague of Milan in 1630; an episode in Manzoni's 'I promessi sposi'. Lithograph by G. Gallina after A. Manzoni.

Monoemugi: apparently a region in southern Ethiopia or Somalia, west of Zanzibar, within which was the small state of Gingyra, visited by the Jesuit Anton Fernandez in 1613 (Ferrario, loc. cit.)

1 print : aquatint, with etching ; platemark 17.7 x 26.3 cm

Monoemugi, Somalia (?): people of Gingyra crossing the river Shabelle (?) by carrying their belongings in the inflated skin of a cow. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819.

1 print : aquatint, with gouache ; image 25.6 x 21.7 cm

Inhabitants of Nootka Sound, Canada: four men and a woman holding a baby. Coloured aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1820, after J. Webber.

1 print : aquatint, with etching ; platemark 15.8 x 22.5 cm

Jagas (African warriors). Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819.

They have lip- and ear-plugs. They carry a bow and arrows, spears and a blowpipe

1 print : aquatint, with gouache ; platemark 23.2 x 30.7 cm

Botocudo people of the Rio-Grande de Belmonte, Brazil. Coloured aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1821, after M. Wied-Neuwied.

Alessandro Manzoni, 'I promessi sposi', chap 34, p. 278

1 print : lithograph ; image 31.4 x 43.5 cm

Accusing the anointers in the great plague of Milan in 1630; a scene from Manzoni's 'I promessi sposi'. Lithograph by G. Gallina after A. Manzoni.

1 print : aquatint, with gouache ; platemark 20 x 31 cm

Indians of Virginia dancing. Coloured aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1820.

The kingdom of Uidah (Whidah, Juda) in West Africa, as described by Renaud Desmarchais (d. 1728)

1 print : aquatint, with etching ; platemark 21.8 x 30.3 cm

Guinea, West Africa: the procession in honour of the snake, marking the coronation on 16 April 1725. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819, after R. Desmarchais.

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Khoi people of the Gonaqua kingdom, southern Africa. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819, after F. Le Vaillant.

Saint-Benoît, La Réunion, Indian Ocean: a waterfall in the Rivière des Roches, seen from the lowest of three water levels. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819, after J.J. Patu de Rosemont.

A monk visiting the victims of the great plague of Milan in 1630; an episode in Manzoni's 'I promessi sposi'. Lithograph by G. Gallina after A. Manzoni.

Monoemugi, Somalia (?): people of Gingyra crossing the river Shabelle (?) by carrying their belongings in the inflated skin of a cow. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819.

Inhabitants of Nootka Sound, Canada: four men and a woman holding a baby. Coloured aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1820, after J. Webber.

Jagas (African warriors). Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819.

Botocudo people of the Rio-Grande de Belmonte, Brazil. Coloured aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1821, after M. Wied-Neuwied.

Accusing the anointers in the great plague of Milan in 1630; a scene from Manzoni's 'I promessi sposi'. Lithograph by G. Gallina after A. Manzoni.

Indians of Virginia dancing. Coloured aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1820.

Guinea, West Africa: the procession in honour of the snake, marking the coronation on 16 April 1725. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819, after R. Desmarchais.

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Khoi people of the Gonaqua kingdom, southern Africa. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819, after F. Le Vaillant.

Saint-Benoît, La Réunion, Indian Ocean: a waterfall in the Rivière des Roches, seen from the lowest of three water levels. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819, after J.J. Patu de Rosemont.

A monk visiting the victims of the great plague of Milan in 1630; an episode in Manzoni's 'I promessi sposi'. Lithograph by G. Gallina after A. Manzoni.

Monoemugi, Somalia (?): people of Gingyra crossing the river Shabelle (?) by carrying their belongings in the inflated skin of a cow. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819.

Inhabitants of Nootka Sound, Canada: four men and a woman holding a baby. Coloured aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1820, after J. Webber.

Jagas (African warriors). Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819.

Botocudo people of the Rio-Grande de Belmonte, Brazil. Coloured aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1821, after M. Wied-Neuwied.

Accusing the anointers in the great plague of Milan in 1630; a scene from Manzoni's 'I promessi sposi'. Lithograph by G. Gallina after A. Manzoni.

Indians of Virginia dancing. Coloured aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1820.

Guinea, West Africa: the procession in honour of the snake, marking the coronation on 16 April 1725. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819, after R. Desmarchais.

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