Six portraits of eminent seventeenth century men. Engraving.

Sixteen portraits of classical poets and thinkers. Drawing, c. 1789.

John Wolcot (Peter Pindar) with a copy of his 'Odes' in his pocket, shrinks from an approaching gentleman with a paper labelled 'pension'. Etching attributed to T. Rowlandson, ca. 1787.

Contributors to Frazer's Magazine, sitting around a dining table, talking, smoking and drinking. Lithograph by D. Maclise [A. Croquis], 1835.

Friedrich Schiller. Photograph by Sophus Williams after a painting by E. Hader, 1884.

John Dryden, Samuel Garth, John Vanbrugh, and Richard Steele. Mezzotint by J. Simon after Sir G. Kneller.

Complimentary dinner to Mark Twain : Victoria Hall, Hotel Cecil, Friday June 16th, 1899 / Whitefriars Club.

A gathering at Joshua Reynolds's house: Oliver Goldsmith and Edmund Burke among the company. Stipple engraving by W. Walker, 1848, after J.E. Doyle.

Philosophers and virtuosi: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

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Der Pazjent als Psychiater : Oskar Panizzas Weg vom Irrenarzt zum Insassen / Jürgen Müller.

Anthony Babington.

88 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 22 cm

Scholar and sceptic : the career of James Henry, M.D., 1798-1876 / J.B. Lyons.

Four poets: Thomas Campbell, George Crabbe, Lord Byron, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Engraving.

<p>Wolcot was originally a country surgeon's son who led a bohemian life on the confines of society.  He began his career as a physician but was later ordained in the hope of a living.  Wolcot had an eye for art and discovered and trained the painter Opie, with whom he came to London in 1781 on condition that he received half of Opie's profits. They quarrelled and Wolcot was forced to make a living from his satirical jibes, the most successful of which was his 'Ode upon Ode' of 1782. His success was hampered by legal threats and negotiations for a pension which broke down as the verse below indicates</p>

1 print : etching ; platemark 17.8 x 25 cm

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Der Pazjent als Psychiater : Oskar Panizzas Weg vom Irrenarzt zum Insassen / Jürgen Müller.

Anthony Babington.

Scholar and sceptic : the career of James Henry, M.D., 1798-1876 / J.B. Lyons.

Four poets: Thomas Campbell, George Crabbe, Lord Byron, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Engraving.

John Wolcot (Peter Pindar) with a copy of his 'Odes' in his pocket, shrinks from an approaching gentleman with a paper labelled 'pension'. Etching attributed to T. Rowlandson, ca. 1787.

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Der Pazjent als Psychiater : Oskar Panizzas Weg vom Irrenarzt zum Insassen / Jürgen Müller.

Anthony Babington.

Scholar and sceptic : the career of James Henry, M.D., 1798-1876 / J.B. Lyons.

Four poets: Thomas Campbell, George Crabbe, Lord Byron, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Engraving.

John Wolcot (Peter Pindar) with a copy of his 'Odes' in his pocket, shrinks from an approaching gentleman with a paper labelled 'pension'. Etching attributed to T. Rowlandson, ca. 1787.

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