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  • Locksmiths working in their workshop: keys, bolts and padlocks are hanging from a line. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Technology: a Russian padlock and key. Wood engraving.
  • A padlock attached to a chain. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.
  • A padlock attached to a chain. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.
  • Chastity belt, complete with waistbelt and padlock. Covered with velvet and mounted on a modern lining.
  • A shaven-headed woman attached at the neck to a chain with a padlock. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.
  • A shaven-headed woman attached at the neck to a chain with a padlock. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.
  • A good servant, represented as a hybrid creature combining a man, a pig, an ass and a deer, carrying cleaning implements and having a padlocked mouth. Engraving after J. Hoskins.
  • A good servant, represented as a hybrid creature combining a man, a pig, an ass and a deer, carrying cleaning implements and having a padlocked mouth. Engraving, 1749, after J. Hoskins.
  • A couple lie in bed, the woman has her hands and feet padlocked into stocks at each end of the bed, and her husband has a whip. Coloured aquatint. after J.F.
  • Iron chastity belt, possibly 16th Century
  • Iron chastity belt, possibly 16th Century
  • Jack Sheppard in prison. Etching, ca. 1724.
  • Fancy your chances? : now guess why this guy won't be telling you he has HIV? / Terrence Higgins Trust, LADS, C.L.A.S.H., London Gay Men's HIV Prevention Partnership, MetroM8.
  • Fancy your chances? : now guess why this guy won't be telling you he has HIV? / Terrence Higgins Trust, LADS, C.L.A.S.H., London Gay Men's HIV Prevention Partnership, MetroM8.
  • Phrenological head of Lord Ellenborough as Governor General of India 1841-1844. Lithograph, ca. 1844.
  • Phrenological head of Lord Ellenborough as Governor General of India 1841-1844. Lithograph, ca. 1844.
  • Phrenological head of Lord Ellenborough as Governor General of India 1841-1844. Lithograph, ca. 1844.
  • Phrenological head of Lord Ellenborough as Governor General of India 1841-1844. Lithograph, ca. 1844.
  • Richard Yates in character as the miser Lovegold standing in a room of his London townhouse as a maid enters. Engraving by C. Grignion after T. Parkinson.
  • Benjamin Harrison, the autocratic treasurer of Guy's hospital, receiving tributes from Sir Astley Cooper and his associates. Coloured lithograph attributed to R. Cruikshank, ca. 1830.
  • Benjamin Harrison, the autocratic treasurer of Guy's hospital, receiving tributes from Sir Astley Cooper and his associates. Coloured lithograph attributed to R. Cruikshank, ca. 1830.
  • Benjamin Harrison, the autocratic treasurer of Guy's hospital, receiving tributes from Sir Astley Cooper and his associates. Coloured lithograph attributed to R. Cruikshank, ca. 1830.