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A young couple are being married in church. Stipple engraving by R.M. Meadows, 1806, after R. Westall.

<p>An episode in John Milton's 'Samson agonistes': the first lines of the poem, in which Samson is allowed out of the dungeon to reflect on his blind fate in the open air</p>

1 print : stipple engraving ; image 22.1 x 15.5 cm

A fettered Samson sits blind and distraught in a gloomy clearing. Stipple engraving by T. Kirk after R. Westall.

1 print : line engraving, with etching ; image 9.2 x 6.8 cm

Three young children visiting their mother's grave in a cemetery. Line engraving with etching by E.F. Finden after R. Westall.

<p>"On the night of 3-4 July an attempt was made to bombard Cadiz from a bomb-vessel, protected by ship's boats. A few days before, some British boats had shown marked reluctance to come to close quarters with the Spanish gunboats. When they counter-attacked this time, Nelson in person led the British boats in his barge. There was desperate hand-to-hand fighting, in which Nelson's life was saved by his coxswain John Sykes, who put out his own arm to receive a cutlass blow aimed at Nelson's head. Nelson mentioned Sykes in his dispatch (an almost unheard-of honour for a rating) and got him promoted. Once again Nelson had shown extraordinary personal courage and risked his life in circumstances where no flag officer would normally be found"--Oxford dictionary of national biography. John Sykes is assumed to be the same as John Sykes 1770 or 1771-1858</p>

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image and border 21.5 x 18 cm

Horatio Nelson attacking a Spanish ship before bombarding Cadiz, 1797. Engraving by A. Smith, 1809, after R. Westall.

1 print : stipple engraving ; platemark 30.1 x 23.7 cm

Mourners attending a burial where the coffin is about to be lowered into the ground. Stipple engraving by N. Schiavonetti after R. Westall, 1812.

Four drawings attributed to a follower of Richard Westall.

1 drawing : pencil ; sheet 50.3 x 60.2 cm

Two turbaned men with two women approach the cave of an anchorite: he welcomes them to his cave. Pencil drawing attributed to a follower of R. Westall.

A mother sits by her child's bed and watches while it sleeps. Engraving by C. Heath after R. Westall R.A.

Two turbaned men lead two women out of a hermit's cave to their next destination. Pencil drawing attributed to a follower of R. Westall.

1 print : stipple engraving ; image 10 x 6.3 cm

A man sits in a chair at the table smoking his pipe and watching two children playing on the floor. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins, 1805, after R. Westall.

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A young couple are being married in church. Stipple engraving by R.M. Meadows, 1806, after R. Westall.

A fettered Samson sits blind and distraught in a gloomy clearing. Stipple engraving by T. Kirk after R. Westall.

Three young children visiting their mother's grave in a cemetery. Line engraving with etching by E.F. Finden after R. Westall.

Horatio Nelson attacking a Spanish ship before bombarding Cadiz, 1797. Engraving by A. Smith, 1809, after R. Westall.

Mourners attending a burial where the coffin is about to be lowered into the ground. Stipple engraving by N. Schiavonetti after R. Westall, 1812.

Two turbaned men with two women approach the cave of an anchorite: he welcomes them to his cave. Pencil drawing attributed to a follower of R. Westall.

A mother sits by her child's bed and watches while it sleeps. Engraving by C. Heath after R. Westall R.A.

Two turbaned men lead two women out of a hermit's cave to their next destination. Pencil drawing attributed to a follower of R. Westall.

A man sits in a chair at the table smoking his pipe and watching two children playing on the floor. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins, 1805, after R. Westall.

People crowd around a dying person's bed in grief while final rites are being read. Stipple engraving by N. Schiavonetti, 1812, after R. Westall.

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A young couple are being married in church. Stipple engraving by R.M. Meadows, 1806, after R. Westall.

A fettered Samson sits blind and distraught in a gloomy clearing. Stipple engraving by T. Kirk after R. Westall.

Three young children visiting their mother's grave in a cemetery. Line engraving with etching by E.F. Finden after R. Westall.

Horatio Nelson attacking a Spanish ship before bombarding Cadiz, 1797. Engraving by A. Smith, 1809, after R. Westall.

Mourners attending a burial where the coffin is about to be lowered into the ground. Stipple engraving by N. Schiavonetti after R. Westall, 1812.

Two turbaned men with two women approach the cave of an anchorite: he welcomes them to his cave. Pencil drawing attributed to a follower of R. Westall.

A mother sits by her child's bed and watches while it sleeps. Engraving by C. Heath after R. Westall R.A.

Two turbaned men lead two women out of a hermit's cave to their next destination. Pencil drawing attributed to a follower of R. Westall.

A man sits in a chair at the table smoking his pipe and watching two children playing on the floor. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins, 1805, after R. Westall.

People crowd around a dying person's bed in grief while final rites are being read. Stipple engraving by N. Schiavonetti, 1812, after R. Westall.

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