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  • [Undated handbill (December 1881) for the Royal Aquarium advertising Farini's (William Hunt) wonder of wonders, the tattooed Captain Georges Costentenus and the Leopard Boy].
  • [Undated handbill (December 1881) for the Royal Aquarium advertising Farini's (William Hunt) wonder of wonders, the tattooed Captain Georges Costentenus and the Leopard Boy].
  • [Newspaper cutting titled: New wonders at the Royal Aquarium (November 1881?) in Mr. Farini's (William Hunt) Gallery. These are Captain Georges Costentenus and the Leopard Boy].
  • George Alexander (Gratton), a black boy with white markings. Reproduction of wood engraving.
  • George Bidder, a mental calculator, as a boy. Aquatint by H. Meyer, 1817, after W. Waite.
  • George Alexander (Gratton), a black boy with white markings. Engraving by P.R. Cooper, 1809, after D. Orme.
  • A man is thatching the roof of a cottage as a boy brings a bowl of water for the horses to drink. Lithograph after George Morland.
  • A woman bends to console a small girl who is weeping as she and a boy leave the house. Stipple engraving by George Keating after F. Wheatley.
  • A dancing lesson: a boy in a sailor suit dances the hornpipe as the teacher plays the violin; the girl is standing with a stretcher across her back. Etching by George Cruikshank.
  • An almost deserted street in London in the early morning: a woman serves a man and a boy with a hot drink, and a policeman rests against a bollard. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1839.
  • Boys are being taught by an schoolmaster sitting at a table. Stipple engraving by George Keating after Pasquilini.
  • A dancing lesson: two boys stand laughing in the background as the teacher shows the girl how to hold her dress for the dance. Etching by George Cruikshank.
  • The Free School, Sandwich, Kent. Etching by Ravenhill, 1787, after G. Maxwell.
  • The beautiful spotted negro boy / Richardson's New Theatre.
  • Peter, the wild boy. Engraving.
  • A street scene in which a dog is maltreated; a young man intervenes by offering his food to the miscreants. Engraving by William Hogarth, 1751.
  • Actifed Compound Linctus provides rapid and effective relief : suppresses unproductive cough ...
  • Actifed Compound Linctus provides rapid and effective relief : suppresses unproductive cough ...
  • Actifed Compound Linctus provides rapid and effective relief : suppresses unproductive cough ...
  • Actifed Compound Linctus provides rapid and effective relief : suppresses unproductive cough ...
  • Wonderful spotted boy : seventeen months old from the Caribbee islands, in the West Indies : to be seen at no.41, Strand, near Messrs. Couts & Co. bankers : he is the progeny of negroes, on whose body is a display of the works of God, being beautifully covered by a diversity of spots of the most beautiful black and transparent brown and white.
  • Wellington and Peel compared with the Siamese twins (above); a rich bishop and a poor parson; and a street vendor of figurines. Etching by W. Heath, 1830.
  • George Heriot. Engraving, 1791.
  • Astronomy: Thomas Phelps (left) and John Bartlett making astronomical observations in the observatory of the Earl of Macclesfield, Oxfordshire. Mezzotint by J. Watson, 1778.
  • Peter, the wild boy. Mezzotint by V. Green after P. Falconet.
  • A family is about to return from their holiday in a London townhouse. Etching by George Cruikshank after S.K.
  • A family is about to return from their holiday in a London townhouse. Etching by George Cruikshank after S.K.
  • A surgical operation. Oil painting attributed to Egbert van Heemskerck III.
  • A surgical operation. Oil painting attributed to Egbert van Heemskerck III.
  • Saint George: he attacks the dragon with his sword. Engraving by N. de Larmessin after Raphael.