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Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, a distant three-quarter view of the Hall and Chapel, looking east, the Infirmary in the foreground left. Coloured drawing by C. White, 1786.

A communal house, the men sit drinking around a table while the women look after the children, weave hay and the older children cook. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella.

A sick man at home in bed discussing his case with three physicians. Watercolour by T. Müller.

Several physicians examining a patient who is lying on a wooden table. Engraving.

A male patient surrounded by his family discussing his illness with a physician. Engraving.

Women in fashionable dress talk to one another in an interior. Engraving.

Alexander the Great discussing with Philip, his physician, a letter he received from General Parmenio accusing Philip of poisoning him. Coloured chalk drawing attributed to the Florentine school, c. 1730-1750.

Three uniformed German army officers conversing on a balcony in Holstein. Coloured lithograph, c.1870.

A busy drinking scene outside a tavern with the landlord taking a drink order from a new customer. Engraving by C. Du Bosc after J. Laguerre.

Two women taking tea at a small round table. Ink drawing by S. Jenner, ca. 1850.

Models of conversation for persons of polite education. Selected and translated from the French of M. L'Abbé de Bellegarde.

An old sailor with wooden leg relates his adventures to a family as both men smoke and drink. Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1818, after J. Sheringham.

Galateo of manners: or, instructions to a young gentleman how to behave himself in conversation, &c. Written originally in Italian, and done into English.

The art of pleasing in conversation. French and English. Revised, corrected, enlarg'd, and improv'd in every page, from the last genuine edition publish'd in French by Henry Scheltus, Printer to the States of Holland. Together with Seven Additional Entertainments, or Conversations, never before Translated; And likewise Five others almost wholly New Writ. With an account of the author and his Writings, an Alphabetical Index, and proper Notes to the whole. By Mr. Ozell. In two volumes.

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Two women taking tea at a small round table. Ink drawing by S. Jenner, ca. 1850.

Models of conversation for persons of polite education. Selected and translated from the French of M. L'Abbé de Bellegarde.

An old sailor with wooden leg relates his adventures to a family as both men smoke and drink. Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1818, after J. Sheringham.

Galateo of manners: or, instructions to a young gentleman how to behave himself in conversation, &c. Written originally in Italian, and done into English.