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Mr. Lambkin behaving in a drunken and disorderly manner resulting in being restrained and arrested by a policeman. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

A woman carrying a chair sweeps away from a young man who has approached her, indicating her refusal to dance with him; another young woman is sitting on a chair behind him. Etching by James Gillray, 1804, after B. North.

Mary Squires the fortune teller foretells the future to Sir John Hill: she indicates that she has support from the Lord Mayor of London. Etching, 1753.

In a chamber containing stuffed animals, a globe and astrological devices Hudibras, about to draw his sword, startles Sidrophel and Whacum. Engraving by William Hogarth.

The white silhouette of a butterfly representing the fragility of those living with AIDS against a grey/black tablet form; with the message in German, 'Fear. Disease and death. We shun them because we are alive. We displace it, because we are afraid. Meet the fear. Through confrontation'; one of 3 posters advertising the AIDS-Hilfe Tirol. Colour lithograph by Nicolai Buchinger.

A little dog attacking the ear of a blood-hound; representing doctor-patient relationships. Lithograph after E.H. Moore.

A woman in Rome is trying to separate two women fighting, one is holding a stick, the other is holding a bucket; a child crying in the background. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1809.

Isaac Swainson promoting his 'Velnos syrup', facing an onslaught of rival practitioners advocating mercury. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1789.

Two angry red heads confronting each other. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.

An injured patient, John Hill, in bed surrounded by a group of physicians. Etching by Clyster-Pipe after Bolus M.D., 1752.

Miss Baily reviving from her attempted suicide while her manservant cudgels the foppish object of her affections. Coloured reproduction of an etching by I. Cruikshank, 1807.

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An injured patient, John Hill, in bed surrounded by a group of physicians. Etching by Clyster-Pipe after Bolus M.D., 1752.

Mr. Lambkin behaving in a drunken and disorderly manner resulting in being restrained and arrested by a policeman. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

Isaac Swainson promoting his 'Velnos syrup', facing an onslaught of rival practitioners advocating mercury. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1789.

Miss Baily reviving from her attempted suicide while her manservant cudgels the foppish object of her affections. Coloured reproduction of an etching by I. Cruikshank, 1807.

A woman carrying a chair sweeps away from a young man who has approached her, indicating her refusal to dance with him; another young woman is sitting on a chair behind him. Etching by James Gillray, 1804, after B. North.