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A student reads to an audience the epic poems of Sir Richard Blackmore and the sermons of John ("Orator") Henley to find out which is the more soporific; his audience fall asleep with boredom. Etching by C. Grignion after F. Hayman.
Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776.Date: [between 1750 and 1759?]Reference: 2497721i- Pictures
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Different attributes and displays of the arts and sciences in a classical courtyard. Engraving by Grignion after Le Clerc.
Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637-1714.Reference: 26173i- Pictures
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Martyrdom of Saint Stephen. Engraving by C. Grignion after C. Lebrun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Reference: 7192i- Pictures
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Richard Yates in character as the miser Lovegold standing in a room of his London townhouse as a maid enters. Engraving by C. Grignion after T. Parkinson.
Parkinson, Thomas, active 1769-1789.Date: June 29 1776Reference: 32326i- Pictures
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Muscles of the horse. Engraving by C. Grignion after F. Sartorius for J. Bridges, 1772.
Bridges, Jeremiah.Date: April 16th 1772Reference: 583971i- Pictures
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Algerians torturing a burglar by cutting off his right hand, hanging it around his own neck and tying him on a bull with the remaining hand. Etching with engraving by Grignion after W. Grainger.
Grainger, William, active approximately 1780-1800.Reference: 43553i- Pictures
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Above, Algerians executing a Christian slave for attempting to escape by suspending him on hooks through hands and feet in a wooden frame; below, Algerians torturing a burglar by cutting off his hand, hanging it around his neck and tying him on a bull. Engraving by C. Grignion after W. Grainger.
Grainger, William, active approximately 1780-1800.Reference: 43414i- Pictures
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Astronomy: a young astronomer in his study, talking with his sister, who holds a book in her lap. Engraving by C. Grignion after S. Wale.
Wale, Samuel, -1786.Reference: 46326i- Pictures
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Statues of "raving" and "melancholy" madness, each reclining on one half of a pediment, formerly crowning the gates at Bethlem [Bedlam] Hospital. Engraving by C. Grignion after S. Wale after C. Cibber, 1680.
Cibber, Caius Gabriel, 1630-1700.Reference: 25635i- Pictures
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A servant preventing a messenger from delivering some letters to two weary men seated at a table (Alexander Pope and John Arbuthnot). Etching by C. Grignion, ca. 1787, after F. Hayman.
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.Date: [1787?]Reference: 570870i- Pictures
Hermaphroditus sleeping. Etching by C. Grignion after R. Dalton, 1744.
Dalton, Richard, 1715?-1791.Date: 2d of January 1744Reference: 663771i- Pictures
Telemachus and Mentor being shipwrecked on Ogygia, where they are seen by Calypso. Engraving by C. Grignion, 1774, after F. de La Mothe-Fénelon.
Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715.Date: August 1 1774Reference: 3020954i- Pictures
The body of king Sesostris of Egypt lying in state, mourned by people of Egypt. Engraving by C. Grignion, 1774, after F. de La Mothe-Fénelon.
Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715.Date: [1774?]Reference: 3020956i- Pictures
Subtle the alchemist, posing as an astrologer, being visited by Abel Drugger, in Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist'. Engraving by C. Grignion, 1791, after J. Graham.
Graham, J. (John), 1754-1817.Date: 14 April 1791Reference: 36862i- Pictures
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Episode in "The Knight of the Burning Pestle": a man with a barber's bowl beneath his chin is about to be clubbed by a knight in armour; a man stands immediately behind him, to the left is a seated couple, to the right a man who has been knocked down, and in the foreground the audience looks on. Etching by C. Grignion after M. Rooker.
Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616.Reference: 33377i- Pictures
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Dissection made after the removal of a pregnant uterus, showing the parts lying immediately behind. Copperplate engraving by C. Grignion after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.
Rymsdyk, Jan van, active 1750-1788.Date: [1851]Reference: 579809iPart of: Hunter, William- Pictures
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A face void of all discernible connection with temperament or expression. Drawing, c. 1792.
Date: 1792?Reference: 29975i- Pictures
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A man with an artificial nose. Drawing, c. 1791.
Date: c. 1791Reference: 29356i- Pictures
An écorché figure, front view, with left arm extended, showing the deep muscles and the bones. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1747.
Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried, 1697-1770Date: 1747Reference: 582601i- Pictures
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Muscles of the rib-cage. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.
Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried, 1697-1770Date: 1748Reference: 666725i- Pictures
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Muscles and bones of the vertebral column. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.
Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried, 1697-1770Date: 1748Reference: 666729i- Pictures
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Muscles and bones of the vertebral column. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.
Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried, 1697-1770Date: 1748Reference: 666731i- Pictures
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Muscles of the head, neck, and pelvis. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.
Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried, 1697-1770Date: 1748Reference: 666724i- Pictures
Muscles of the abdomen, and the diaphragm. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.
Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried, 1697-1770Date: 1748Reference: 666728i- Pictures
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Muscles and bones of the head and trunk. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.
Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried, 1697-1770Date: 1748Reference: 666985i