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The Iliad of Homer Engraved From the Compositions of John Flaxman, R.A., Sculptor, John Flaxman British, Illustrations: line engraving — The Iliad of Homer Engraved From the Compositions of John Flaxman, R.A., Sculptor
Multiple artists/makers
1805

The Iliad of Homer, The Odyssey of Homer, Compositions from The Tragedies of Aeschylus, and The Theogony, Works and Days of Hesiod, John Flaxman British, Illustrations: line engraving and stipple engraving (Hesiod only) — The Iliad of Homer, The Odyssey of Homer, Compositions from The Tragedies of Aeschylus, and The Theogony, Works and Days of Hesiod
Multiple artists/makers
1795–1817

Charity seated nursing an infant, another sleeping on her lap and a third talking to her, after Reni, John Keyse Sherwin British, Engraving — Charity seated nursing an infant, another sleeping on her lap and a third talking to her, after Reni
Multiple artists/makers
1793

Ulysses at the Table of Circe (The Odyssey of Homer), John Flaxman British, Line engraving — Ulysses at the Table of Circe (The Odyssey of Homer)
Multiple artists/makers
1805

Lady Macbeth (Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 5), James Parker British, Etching and engraving — Lady Macbeth (Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 5)
Multiple artists/makers
first published 1800; reissued 1852

John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and 1st Earl of Waterford, James Parker British, Etching and stipple engraving — John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and 1st Earl of Waterford
Engraver James Parker
Sitter John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and 1st Earl of Waterbury
Subject Relates to William Shakespeare
1793

Orlando Furioso in English Heroical Verse

Multiple artists/makers

1634

Fainasollis, Borbar and Fingal (The Poems of Ossian)

After John James Barralet

Etcher James Parker

1783

Vignette honoring William Pattison, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, William Congreve, John Gay and James Thomson, from Bowyer's edition of Hume's "History of England"

Multiple artists/makers

1797

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