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Pier Leone Ghezzi as the "knight of caricature", carrying a stick and making a gesture with both hands. Etching by M. Tuscher, 1743.

Pier Leone Ghezzi standing before his easel on which is placed an image of the Virgin Mary, and pointing out of the window towards a procession of priests. Etching by W.W. Ryland, 1762, after P.L. Ghezzi.

A man, possibly William Conolly, wearing a frock coat and a wig, holding a tricorn hat under his left arm. Etching by Arthur Pond after P.L. Ghezzi.

Lionardo di Capoa. Line engraving by D. Franceschini after P. L. Ghezzi.

Sebastiano Resta. Etching by Arthur Pond, 1738, after P.L. Ghezzi.

Dr Thomas Bentley wearing a wig and a sword. Etching by A. Pond after P.L. Ghezzi.

Francesco Baglioni, called Carnacci, actor-singer, carrying a stick, with his right hand raised. Etching by A. Pond after P.L. Ghezzi.

Jesus appoints Peter as head of the church. Etching by P.L. Ghezzi.

"Madame Petit" and her cook: a woman holding a dish out to a man wearing an apron and a cook's hat. Etching by A. Pond, 1741, after P.L. Ghezzi.

Dr Robert Hay portrayed as a "bearleader" (a travelling tutor) in Rome, leading a bear dressed in a frock coat. Etching by Arthur Pond, 1737, after P.L. Ghezzi.

An old man is sitting in a cart being offered food, women are cooking and children are playing and eating. Etching by Arthur Pond after P.L. Ghezzi.

Characters and caricatures; the idealized heads of Saint John and Saint Paul are contrasted with grotesque heads, above them rises a cloud of faces showing different expressions. Etching by W. Hogarth.

A lame dwarf being helped to a wheelchair by a monk. Pen and ink drawing after a design attributed to P.L. Ghezzi.

A dwarf carrying a large jug into a room where a person is ill in bed. Pen and ink drawing after a design attributed to P.L. Ghezzi.

A man wearing a ribboned wig, sitting on a chair, pointing his finger. Etching by Arthur Pond after P.L. Ghezzi.

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Ghezzi, Pier Leone, 1674-1755

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Characters and caricatures; the idealized heads of Saint John and Saint Paul are contrasted with grotesque heads, above them rises a cloud of faces showing different expressions. Etching by W. Hogarth.

A lame dwarf being helped to a wheelchair by a monk. Pen and ink drawing after a design attributed to P.L. Ghezzi.

A dwarf carrying a large jug into a room where a person is ill in bed. Pen and ink drawing after a design attributed to P.L. Ghezzi.

A man wearing a ribboned wig, sitting on a chair, pointing his finger. Etching by Arthur Pond after P.L. Ghezzi.

Lionardo di Capoa. Line engraving by D. Franceschini after P. L. Ghezzi.