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  • Forty five different scenes telling the tale of a man with toothache, his various attempts at trying to cure himself and the final recourse to the dentist. Wood engraving by G. Cruikshank after H. Mayhew.
  • Pensioners of the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, and others, celebrating the destruction of the Russian navy. Coloured lithograph, 1855.
  • A hair-dresser accidentally severing a woman's locks with his curling tongs. Coloured lithograph.
  • The Highland Youth : this youth, whose miraculous powers of double sight have surprised all who have visited him. Exhibits every day from twelve to half-past five, at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly ...
  • Interior of a hospital for horses. Drawing by G. Cruikshank,1835.
  • "Don't just sit there, George - get a house renovation grant." : If you need an inside lavoratory, proper bathroom or a hot water supply, see about a free grant at your town hall / Department of the Environment and the Welsh Office.
  • A man suffering from social anxiety disorder, illustration
  • St Bartholomew's Hospital, London: interior of the Great Hall. Photograph, c. 1908.
  • Men sitting around a candle-lit table, talking about politics, smoking and drinking. Lithograph by C.J.W. Winter after G.M. Woodward.
  • A psychologist asking a large, aggressive looking man to talk about his mother. Reproduction after a drawing by F. Reynolds, 1938.
  • An old vagrant's corpse is stuffed with newspaper after being raided for useful organs by two pipe-smoking, wisecracking surgeons. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.
  • A man so engrossed in news of the French Revolution that he unwittingly sets his wig alight with his candle. Etching, 1789.
  • A man so engrossed in news of the French Revolution that he unwittingly sets his wig alight with his candle. Etching, 1789.
  • Virile manhood : the official organ of the Laurance Institute of Health & Stamina Ltd. / Harold Laurance.
  • Virile manhood : the official organ of the Laurance Institute of Health & Stamina Ltd. / Harold Laurance.
  • Virile manhood : the official organ of the Laurance Institute of Health & Stamina Ltd. / Harold Laurance.
  • Virile manhood : the official organ of the Laurance Institute of Health & Stamina Ltd. / Harold Laurance.
  • Tom and Jerry at Jerry's house in Somerset with their companions seated around a fireplace, with a man reading something amusing. Aquatint by R. Cruikshank, 1830.
  • A barber's shop. Coloured etching after W.H. Bunbury.
  • A barber's shop. Coloured etching by C. Knight after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A barber's shop. Coloured etching with aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 178-, after W.H. Bunbury.
  • A barber's shop. Coloured etching with aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 178-, after W.H. Bunbury.
  • A barber's shop. Coloured etching with aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 178-, after W.H. Bunbury.
  • A barber's shop. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A pharmacist and his friend discuss the new tax on medicine; with four other scenes. Photomechanical reproduction of a wood engraving by H. Maigrot.
  • Four elderly ladies sitting around a table gossiping; another woman listens from behind a curtain and looks rather shocked. Etching by George Cruikshank after EHL.
  • An episode in Dombey and son by Charles Dickens: the interior of "The wooden midshipman", a shop in the City of London for navigational instruments; a boy ("Rob the Grinder") is conversing with a pugilist known as "The Game Chicken". Etching by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).
  • Louis (Ludwig) de Wette, physician of Basel. Oil painting by Amalia de Wette-Jersing, 1843.
  • Louis (Ludwig) de Wette, physician of Basel. Oil painting by Amalia de Wette-Jersing, 1843.
  • Louis (Ludwig) de Wette, physician of Basel. Oil painting by Amalia de Wette-Jersing, 1843.