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  • Robert Coates riding on a large cauldren pulled by two horses with a chicken on his head. Etching by C. Williams, 1812.
  • A foppish doctor paying a house call on a young lady with her mother and baby; represented as a mule, a cat, a dog and a kitten respectively. Coloured etching, 1827.
  • Catharine of Aragon pleading her cause before King Henry VIII. Coloured mezzotint by W. Ward, 1802, after R. Westall.
  • A menagerie of animals with the heads of politicians. Coloured etching by "Aqua Fortis" after W.H. Brooke after "Satirist", 1812.
  • Moll Hackabout dangles a watch and a poxed maid ("bunter") empties the contents of a jug, while Sir John Gonson, a magistrate, and a group of bailiffs enter the room to arrest her. Engraving after William Hogarth, 1732.
  • The Green Bag Committee investigating allegations of sedition and unrest. Coloured etching by L. Marks, 1817.
  • Institutions: The Liverpool Museum of Anatom
  • The amateur actor Robert Coates dreaming about his success on the stage in the role of Romeo. Aquatint attributed to "The Caricaturist General", 1812.
  • A cardinal singing a lullaby to a lion; representing an attempt by France to maintain the neutrality of the Netherlands in the War of Jenkins' Ear. Engraving after Bernetto, 1740.
  • A parson being put into bed with an ass dressed in a frilled nightgown, as a practical joke. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1814.
  • Doctor Bossy, an itinerant medicine vendor, selling his wares on stage with the aid of assistants. Coloured etching by W. Birch, 1792, after A. van Assen.
  • Doctor Bossy, an itinerant medicine vendor, selling his wares on stage with the aid of assistants. Coloured etching by W. Birch, 1792, after A. van Assen.
  • Nathaniel St André and his wife Elizabeth. Etching by W. Austin, 1773.
  • A lower class young woman; representing the St Giles's area of London. Stippple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1783, after J.H. Benwell.
  • An upper class young woman; representing the St James's area of London. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1783, after J.H. Benwell.
  • Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich Arsenal, London: a radial overhead crane for carrying heavy artillery pieces in different sectors of the factory. Lithograph by G. Clausen, 1917.
  • Wellcome library: showing museum cases
  • Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich Arsenal, London: a big gun barrel being turned on a lathe. Lithograph by G. Clausen, 1917.
  • Lady Charlotte Campbell reclining in a chair in front of a mirror: she is wearing a hat decorated with an enormous feather which she can see as she gazes at her reflection in the glass. Etching by J. Gillray, 1795.
  • John Bull being attacked by many tiny figures representing England's engagements overseas. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1813.
  • A vase-painting: four young men at a symposion. Coloured engraving.
  • A vase-painting: a man with a horse, two hounds and two women. Coloured engraving, 17--.
  • A phrenologist in his consulting room, examining the head of a young man and dictating the results to his assistant while a woman looks on. Coloured etching by George Cruikshank, 1826, after H.T.D.B.
  • A woman falling headfirst through an open cellar-door outside a pharmacy, and a man expressing his concern. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank after G.M. Woodward, 1798.
  • John Barefoot. Line engraving, 1793.
  • Daniel Lambert contrasted with a thin woman seated on his knee. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1806.
  • Richard Barry, 7th Earl of Barrymore, a notorious spendthrift and rake, holding a levee: he is attended by his horse-racing and cock-fighting associates and others. Etching by J. Barlow after S. Collings.
  • A chemist and his assistant as "puffers" heating a substance in a retort; representing a theatre critic who "puffs" the actor Joseph Holman at the bidding of his editor. Etching attributed to T. Rowlandson, ca. 1786.
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