Aquatint Collection (#7)

Courtship in High and Low Life, n.d. Creator: Samuel Alken
Courtship in High and Low Life, n.d

Shooting: Verse 3, 1819. Creator: Thomas Sutherland
Shooting: Verse 3, 1819

The Banqueting House, Whitehall, 1815. Creator: Richard Holmes Laurie
The Banqueting House, Whitehall, 1815

Shooting: Verse 2, 1819. Creator: Thomas Sutherland
Shooting: Verse 2, 1819

Shooting: Verse 1, 1819. Creator: Thomas Sutherland
Shooting: Verse 1, 1819

View of Richmond from the Bridge, 1819. Creator: Thomas Sutherland
View of Richmond from the Bridge, 1819

Valies-Vale, Near Frome, n.d. Creator: Theodore Henry Adolphus Fielding
Valies-Vale, Near Frome, n.d

Richmond Park Entrance, 1819. Creator: Thomas Sutherland
Richmond Park Entrance, 1819

Small Street on the Outskirts of Florence with Puppy, 1870-75. Creator: Giovanni Fattori
Small Street on the Outskirts of Florence with Puppy, 1870-75

View from Palace Terrace at Saint Germain on Laye, from Twenty Views in Paris and its Environs, published 1802

Trees in a Meadow, n.d. Creator: Giovanni Fattori
Trees in a Meadow, n.d

Domestic Maronite, n.d. Creator: Philip James de Loutherbourg
Domestic Maronite, n.d

Waterfall at Shanklin, c. 1794. Creator: Piercy Roberts
Waterfall at Shanklin, c. 1794

Allum Bay, c. 1794. Creator: Piercy Roberts
Allum Bay, c. 1794

Appuldercomb, c. 1794. Creator: Piercy Roberts
Appuldercomb, c. 1794

Shaklin Chine, c. 1794. Creator: Piercy Roberts
Shaklin Chine, c. 1794

Brading, c. 1794. Creator: Piercy Roberts
Brading, c. 1794

Margate, Outer View of the Pier, Coast of Kent, and from Fort Cliffs, published June 1, 1805

Margate, Inner View of the Pier, Bathing Rooms, and taken from the Shipwrights, June 1, 1805
Margate, Inner View of the Pier, Bathing Rooms, and taken from the Shipwrights, published June 1, 1805

Cottagers Hospitality to Travellers or The Coach Broke Down, published March 27, 1819. Creator: James Pollard
Cottagers Hospitality to Travellers or The Coach Broke Down, published March 27, 1819

Paris, Le Pont-au-Change, n.d. Creator: John Gendall
Paris, Le Pont-au-Change, n.d

A Struggle for the Start, plate one from The Leicestershire Hunt, published 1825. Creator: John Dean Paul
A Struggle for the Start, plate one from The Leicestershire Hunt, published 1825

Pursuit of the French Through Leipzig, 1813. Creator: John Augustus Atkinson
Pursuit of the French Through Leipzig, 1813

The First Ten Minutes, plate two from The Leicestershire Hunt, published 1825. Creator: John Dean Paul
The First Ten Minutes, plate two from The Leicestershire Hunt, published 1825

Symptoms of a Skurry, plate three from The Leicestershire Hunt, published 1825. Creator: John Dean Paul
Symptoms of a Skurry, plate three from The Leicestershire Hunt, published 1825

Stage Coach Passengers, n.d. Creator: James Pollard
Stage Coach Passengers, n.d

Pine Trees in the Mountains, 1789. Creator: John Robert Cozens
Pine Trees in the Mountains, 1789

Sandy Bay Valley, St. Helena, n.d. Creator: Daniel Havell
Sandy Bay Valley, St. Helena, n.d

Saint Albans Steeplechase, 1837. Creator: Charles Hunt
Saint Albans Steeplechase, 1837

Saint Albans Steeplechase, 1837. Creator: Charles Hunt
Saint Albans Steeplechase, 1837

The Winning Post, from The Grand Steeplechase over Leicestershire, published 1830. Creator: Charles Bentley
The Winning Post, from The Grand Steeplechase over Leicestershire, published 1830

Dick Christian's Last Fall, from Grand Leicestershire Steeplechase, published 1830. Creator: Charles Bentley
Dick Christian's Last Fall, from Grand Leicestershire Steeplechase, published 1830

A Rich Scene, from Grand Leicestershire Steeplechase, published 1830. Creator: Charles Bentley
A Rich Scene, from Grand Leicestershire Steeplechase, published 1830

The Field becomes Select, from The Grand Steeplechase over Leicestershire, published 1830. Creator: Charles Bentley
The Field becomes Select, from The Grand Steeplechase over Leicestershire, published 1830

Symptoms of Distress, from The Grand Steeplechase Over Leicestershire, published 1830. Creator: Charles Bentley
Symptoms of Distress, from The Grand Steeplechase Over Leicestershire, published 1830

Going the Pace, from The Grand Steeplechase over Leicestershire, published 1830. Creator: Charles Bentley
Going the Pace, from The Grand Steeplechase over Leicestershire, published 1830

The Start, from The Grand Steeplechase over Leicestershire, published 1830. Creator: Charles Bentley
The Start, from The Grand Steeplechase over Leicestershire, published 1830

The Death, from Fox Hunting, 1828. Creator: Charles Bentley
The Death, from Fox Hunting, 1828

Full Cry, from Fox Hunting, 1828. Creator: Charles Bentley
Full Cry, from Fox Hunting, 1828

The Leap, from Fox Hunting, 1828. Creator: Charles Bentley
The Leap, from Fox Hunting, 1828

Between Crogen & Llandrillo on the R. Dee, published 1793. Creator: Francis Jukes
Between Crogen & Llandrillo on the R. Dee, published 1793

Going to Cover, from Fox Hunting, 1828. Creator: Charles Bentley
Going to Cover, from Fox Hunting, 1828

A View Looking Up the River Thames to Richmond Bridge, n.d. Creator: Francis Jukes
A View Looking Up the River Thames to Richmond Bridge, n.d

Shame, plate nine from A Love, 1887. Creator: Max Klinger
Shame, plate nine from A Love, 1887

Night, from On Death Part I, 1888-89. Creator: Max Klinger
Night, from On Death Part I, 1888-89

View of Hillbank on the River Thames near London, published 1795. Creator: Francis Jukes
View of Hillbank on the River Thames near London, published 1795

View of Erbistock Church, published 1794. Creator: Francis Jukes
View of Erbistock Church, published 1794

Title Page, Vignette, and plate one of the first number of Picturesque Views of Americ... 1819/21. Creator: John Hill
Title Page, Vignette, and plate one of the first number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery, 1819/21

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