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Outline engraving reproducing William Blake's "Death of the strong wicked man", accompanied by a short text explaining the work.

Outline engraving reproducing William Blake's "Death's door", accompanied by a short text explaining the work.

"To my Beloved Child, Elizabeth Roseé Forbes, Whose thirst for knowledge, and ardent desire of improvement at an early age, has given an additional pleasure to every hour which was spent on these volumes, they are now presented on the twelfth anniversary of her birth, by her affectionate Father, James Forbes. Stanmore Hill, 11th April, 1800."

Bain no. 11. Inscribed in graphite: "AP Richard Shirley Smith '61."

Inscribed in graphite: "Richard Shirley Smith."

Bottom of page: a quotation from William Cowper's "The Task," beginning, "Here, in my lonely hours, I oft retrace, as in a map the voyager his course, the windings of my way through many years."

Bottom of page: "Qui mores hominum multorum vidit. Horace" translated as "Who many towns, and change of manners saw. Roscommon."

Bottom of page: "Nisi utile est quod facias stulta est gloria. PHAED." translated as "All useless science is an empty boast."