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The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.

1 print : etching ; platemark 25.4 x 18.6 cm

Six peasants carousing in a barn as a seventh man vomits in the corner. Etching by J. de Visscher, 17th century, after J. Danckerts.

1 drawing : pen and ink ; image 19.6 x 25.5 cm

Deaf and dumb people communicating through sign language. Pen and ink after S. della Gatta, 1828.

1 print : wood engraving ; image 11.2 x 23.2 cm

Franco-Prussian War: peasants going to bury the dead from the Battle of Worth. Wood engraving.

1 painting on linen : ink drawn with the brush, ink wash and gouache ; image 22.8 x 34.9 cm

A Japanese man heavily laden with firewood crosses a wooden plank over a river, upstream a waterfall. Gouache painting.

<p>Left, a woman picking lice out of a child's hair; centre, a man with an agricultural instrument putting on his boots; right of centre, a woman wiping a child's bottom; right, another woman warming some clothes in front of the fire. In the background, left, sheep and goats being driven out to pasture, and, right, agricultural instruments hanging on the interior wall</p>

A peasant family in a farm-house. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G. Zocchi.

A peasant without shoes removing a thorn (?) from his foot, a dog accompanies him. Etching by J. Miel.

1 print : etching ; platemark 20.4 x 13.9 cm

A peasant man sits on a tree stump vomiting and onlookers hold their noses, with an accompanying couplet. Etching, 17th century.

Two peasants sit at a table as a third man vomits on the floor. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. van Ostade (?).

<p>Left to right, the mother washes the face of a resisting boy; a young woman stands combing her long hair; two younger girls clean a pair of the young woman's shoes; and an old man with spectacles sits reading the Gospel of Saint Luke. Around are farmyard animals (a sleeping pig, chickens and a dog). In the left background is a church</p>

1 print : engraving ; image 41.5 x 32.8 cm

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The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.

Six peasants carousing in a barn as a seventh man vomits in the corner. Etching by J. de Visscher, 17th century, after J. Danckerts.

Deaf and dumb people communicating through sign language. Pen and ink after S. della Gatta, 1828.

Franco-Prussian War: peasants going to bury the dead from the Battle of Worth. Wood engraving.

A Japanese man heavily laden with firewood crosses a wooden plank over a river, upstream a waterfall. Gouache painting.

A peasant family in a farm-house. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G. Zocchi.

A peasant without shoes removing a thorn (?) from his foot, a dog accompanies him. Etching by J. Miel.

A peasant man sits on a tree stump vomiting and onlookers hold their noses, with an accompanying couplet. Etching, 17th century.

Two peasants sit at a table as a third man vomits on the floor. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. van Ostade (?).

An Irish family outside their cottage on a Sunday morning prepares to go to church. Engraving by R.C. Bell after W. Brocas.

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The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.

Six peasants carousing in a barn as a seventh man vomits in the corner. Etching by J. de Visscher, 17th century, after J. Danckerts.

Deaf and dumb people communicating through sign language. Pen and ink after S. della Gatta, 1828.

Franco-Prussian War: peasants going to bury the dead from the Battle of Worth. Wood engraving.

A Japanese man heavily laden with firewood crosses a wooden plank over a river, upstream a waterfall. Gouache painting.

A peasant family in a farm-house. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G. Zocchi.

A peasant without shoes removing a thorn (?) from his foot, a dog accompanies him. Etching by J. Miel.

A peasant man sits on a tree stump vomiting and onlookers hold their noses, with an accompanying couplet. Etching, 17th century.

Two peasants sit at a table as a third man vomits on the floor. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. van Ostade (?).

An Irish family outside their cottage on a Sunday morning prepares to go to church. Engraving by R.C. Bell after W. Brocas.

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