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Combe, William, 1742-1823

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  • Doctor Syntax attending a scientific demonstration at the Royal Institution, London. Coloured aquatint by T. Rowlandson after W. Combe.
  • Four scenes from W. Combe's verse Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks, a parody of the Royal college of physicians and John Fothergill (in particular). Engraving, 1771, after W. Combe.
  • Suttee, with Lord Hastings shown as accepting bribes to allow its continuation. Coloured aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1815, after Quiz.
  • Four scenes from W. Combe's verse Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks, a parody of the Royal College of Physicians, and in particular John Fothergill. Engraving after W. Combe.
  • Doctor and Mrs Syntax, with other elderly people, taking laughing gas in the house of a tooth-drawer in Paris. Coloured aquatint, 1820.
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    The diaboliad : a poem. Dedicated to the worst man in His Majesty's dominions.

    Combe, William, 1742-1823. | Date: 1777
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    Additions to the Diaboliad, a poem : dedicated to the worst man in His Majesty's dominions / by the same author.

    Combe, William, 1742-1823. | Date: 1777
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    A history of Madeira. With a series of twenty-seven coloured engravings, illustrative of the costumes, manners, and occupations of the inhabitants of that island / [Anon].

    Combe, William, 1742-1823. | Date: 1821
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    The first of April, or, The triumphs of folly : a poem dedicated to a celebrated dutchess / by the Author of the Diaboliad.

    Combe, William, 1742-1823 | Date: 1777
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    Microcosm of London / [Anon].

    | Date: [1808-1811]
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