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An episode in 'Gil Blas': Gil Blas and Don Alphonso, on the road from Toledo to Cuenca, receive advice from a hermit who subsequently reveals himself as their friend Don Raphael in disguise. Engraving by F. Engleheart after R. Smirke.

Six different pieces of sealed, precious medicinal earth known as 'terra sigillata'. Pen drawing.

A hermit in meditation: the hermit of Warkworth, Northumbria. Wood engraving by Luke Clennell.

Saint Christopher: watched by a hermit, he carries the Christ Child across a river. Etching by R. Eynhoudts after Sir P.P. Rubens.

An anchoress or nun of an enclosed order locked in her cell; representing the monastic cell as the heaven of the loving soul. Coloured engraving, 16--.

A hermit at prayer. Lithograph by C. Straub after G. Dou.

John Bigg, an eccentric hermit. Etching attributed to R. Livesay, 1787.

Prince Vessantara and his family live as hermits in separate temples. Watercolour.

Samuel Mathews, a hermit. Engraving by J. Greig, 1803, after G. Arnald.

[Leaflet advertising appearances by "a hermit of 90 years experience" from Abyssinia and a "magic mirror" in which "one remarkable event of future life will be visbly produced."].

Mount Zouquala, Abyssinia: hermits exorcising devils. Process print after F.C. Dickinson after Dr. Koelitz.

Two turbaned men with two women approach the cave of an anchorite: he welcomes them to his cave. Pencil drawing attributed to a follower of R. Westall.

S. Barrett, a hermit. Stipple engraving by C. Doyle, 1807.

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Mount Zouquala, Abyssinia: hermits exorcising devils. Process print after F.C. Dickinson after Dr. Koelitz.

Two turbaned men with two women approach the cave of an anchorite: he welcomes them to his cave. Pencil drawing attributed to a follower of R. Westall.

Samuel Mathews, a hermit. Engraving by J. Greig, 1803, after G. Arnald.

S. Barrett, a hermit. Stipple engraving by C. Doyle, 1807.

John Bigg, an eccentric hermit. Etching attributed to R. Livesay, 1787.