Four lithographic engravings, vividly and skilfully hand-coloured, apparently representing scenes from a gothic novel.

Dimensions of all four items 18 x 14 cm. Two landscape and two portrait. The margins of the plates have been cut away, so that each illustration covers the whole piece of paper. All four items are in good condition, although one has a small patch of the top-left hand corner damaged from removal from mount, and another has a 1 cm closed tear to an edge. Attractive colouring. All four are night scenes with a full moon depicted, holding up to the light intensifying the effects. One: a bandit asleep before a fire in a cave, dagger in hand, dressed in green trimmed with yellow, and with treasure at his feet and weapons behind him. A peasant stands guard at the mouth of the cave. Two: A pretty nun, dressed all in white, with rosary beads and bible, kneels in a chapel beside the stone sarcophagus of a knight. THREE: Torchlit procession of monks to lakeside gothic church, its stained-glass windows well lit from within. The light of the moon plays across the lake. FOUR: Country scene, with figures crossing a bridge in the foreground, with windmill overlooking a lake behind. Once again the moon casts its light upon the water, and bright and welcoming light shines from the windows of three cottages.