An ill creature with a human head and long tail is seated in a chair being treated by two nurses; representing a case in contemporary British or Irish politics. Coloured lithograph, 1835.

A monkey-alchemist pumps a bellows in a laboratory; alluding to the vanity of alchemy. Process print after J.P. Le Bas after D. Teniers the younger.

A lobster seated at a table, serving itself from a bowl of salad. Drawing by G. Hope Tait, ca. 1900.

A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.

Animals dressed as gentlemen and ladies survey the medical advertisements on a wall. Coloured wood engraving by J. Grandville, 1853.

A goat-headed man caresses a sleeping ewe-headed woman; representing the notion of animal magnetism and its application by physicians. Etching after M. Voltz (?), 1815.

A barber-surgeon's house, where monkeys shave cats and let blood. Line engraving, c. 1660, after D. Teniers II.

A monkey patient being treated by a monkey surgeon with a clyster, the latest French fashion accessory. Line engraving, c. 1660.

A gang of hunters pretend to wash their eyes with a slimy substance, thus fooling the monkeys, who 'ape' them and blind themselves, allowing the hunters to move in. Line engraving by J. Collaert after J. van der Straet, c. 1610.

Shaman's mask with human features and a removable bird's beak. Haida people, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada

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<p>The patient has a handkerchief around his jaw, usually a sign of toothache. He reaches with one hand to get money from a bag.The pharmacist would be trying to sell him a pain-killer: he contorts himself in an ingratiating attitude.</p>

1 painting : watercolour ; image 14.1 x 8.9 cm

A pharmacy: the pharmacist (a fox) tries to sell medicines to a customer in pain (a duck, accompanied by his wife). Painting by L.H. Choustrac, 1905.

Cats dancing and playing instruments. Lithograph, ca 1829, after G Cruikshank.

1 print : line engraving ; image 13.9 x 18.6 cm

<p>In the top-left, monkeys dance around a horizontal pole, upon which are hung a drum, a violin, bags and jewellery. A monkey in a tree bangs a drum. In the bottom-left, one monkey wears a tiara, jewels and a sword; another plays with a female doll, and peers out of spectacles. In the mirror which displays the pedlar's buttocks, a monkey is also to be seen peering out. In the top-right, the monkey by the shelf appears to be defecating into a hat. A monkey leans over the pedlar and picks his pocket</p>

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A pharmacy: the pharmacist (a fox) tries to sell medicines to a customer in pain (a duck, accompanied by his wife). Painting by L.H. Choustrac, 1905.

Cats dancing and playing instruments. Lithograph, ca 1829, after G Cruikshank.

A monkey patient being treated by a monkey surgeon with a clyster, the latest French fashion accessory. Line engraving, c. 1660.

A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.

Shaman's mask with human features and a removable bird's beak. Haida people, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada

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Anthropomorphism

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A pharmacy: the pharmacist (a fox) tries to sell medicines to a customer in pain (a duck, accompanied by his wife). Painting by L.H. Choustrac, 1905.

Cats dancing and playing instruments. Lithograph, ca 1829, after G Cruikshank.

A monkey patient being treated by a monkey surgeon with a clyster, the latest French fashion accessory. Line engraving, c. 1660.

A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.

Shaman's mask with human features and a removable bird's beak. Haida people, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada

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