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  • A Greenwich Pensioner, dressed as a retired Commodore. Mixed-method print by F. C. Lewis, 1826, after D. Wilkie, 1823.
  • An old man dozing in a chair; representing the eightieth year of life. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16--.
  • Doctor Diafoirus, a physician from Molière's play Le malade imaginaire. Coloured etching.
  • An old pedlar shows his wares to a crowd of people among which an old lady wearing spectacles takes a keen interest. Etching by J.D. Both after A.D. Both.
  • A blind beggar hunched over his walking stick, holding out his hat for money. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • A Greenwich Pensioner, sitting with his pipe and walking stick. Wood engraving.
  • A 'kuttar' or line of blind beggars in a row, two other men in discussion, Kabul, Afghanistan. Coloured lithograph after L.W. Hart, 1843.
  • Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Watercolour after L. Boilly, ca. 1823.
  • A woman teaching an infant to read; representing grammar. Engraving by A. Vallée after M. de Vos.
  • The parable of the blind leading the blind: two blind men walk into a stream. Engraving after H. Bosch.
  • Three men in a wood, a scene from Molière's play Le médecin malgré luy. Engraving after J.B. Molière.
  • A blind man on his knees begging, a woman and dog behind him. Coloured stipple engraving.
  • Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823.
  • Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823.
  • A Moorish man with wife. Gouache drawing.
  • Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured stipple engraving after L. Boilly, c. 1823.
  • Cape Coast Castle, Ghana: a blind man is led through the street by a boy. Wood engraving by J.J.
  • Le malade imaginaire: Argan, a hypochondriac, complaining of his ailments to his nurse. Pen and ink drawing by L. Frölich, 1859.
  • A physician examining a urine specimen, brought to him by an elderly woman. Woodcut by J. Amman, 1568.
  • An apothecary praying for a host of illnesses to descend on his customers so that he can make more money. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1801, after G.M. Woodward.
  • Moses draws water from the rock, and the Israelites quench their thirst. Etching by J. Le Pautre.
  • A blind beggar walks past two figures guided by his dog with a begging bowl. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • A physician called out of bed by a hoax night call. Coloured etching after T. Rowlandson, 18--.
  • Moses strikes a rock and water pours forth in abundance. Etching after F. Sigrist.
  • A physician examining a urine specimen, brought to him by an elderly woman. Woodcut by J. Amman, 1568.
  • A man sells a woman an artificial leg at national health service prices. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.
  • The marriage of Mary and Joseph. Etching after C. Maratta.
  • A Chelsea Pensioner, standing in a landscape: a building, flying the Union flag, behind him. Coloured aquatint, 1813.
  • Three 17th-century physicians with an assistant who carries a large clyster. Watercolour by E. Durandeau, 1876.
  • A French politician as a quack doctor wearing a feathered head-dress, holding a tooth and staff in the air and exclaiming to an audience that it is better to extract than to cure. Colour wood engraving (?) by Lefman after A. Gill, 1873.