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  • A triumphal procession: the devil leads the Pope as his captive towards hell. Engraving attributed to F. Barlow, 1680.
  • A boy with a wounded thigh seated on a bed; a crutch to his right. Coloured stipple etching by J. Grant after J. Bell, ca. 1815.
  • Exhibition: 'The Story of Pharmacy', 1955
  • Marat, seated in a sedan chair, is carried in a triumphant procession of the revolutionary mob in the street of Paris. Engraving by W. Greatbach after T. Johannot.
  • Marat, seated in a sedan chair, is carried in a triumphant procession of the revolutionary mob in the street of Paris. Engraving by W. Greatbach after T. Johannot.
  • A butcher swinging a string of sausages from a knife rides on the back of a large black boar. Etching, 1774.
  • The murder of Captain Benevente, and the conspiracy and subsequent divine punishment of the culprits. Etching with engraving and letterpress.
  • Bacchus carried on a chariot pulled by leopards, accompanied by a drunken procession of bacchants and satyrs, with Silenus and two elephants. Etching by P. Aquila after P. Berrettini da Cortona, 16--.
  • Death as a skeletal figure wielding a scythe: representing fears concerning the Vaccination Act 1898 which removed penalties for not vaccinating against smallpox. Wood engraving by Sir E.L. Sambourne, 1898.
  • Death as a skeletal figure wielding a scythe: representing fears concerning the Vaccination Act 1898 which removed penalties for not vaccinating against smallpox. Wood engraving by Sir E.L. Sambourne, 1898.
  • A triumphant American slave woman representing quassia (ingredient in acoholic drinks) is carried aloft by two brewers; representing the outcry against a tax on private brewing (?). Etching by J. Gillray, 1806.
  • A boy with a wounded thigh seated on a bed; a crutch to his right. Coloured stipple etching by J. Stewart after J. Bell, c. 1826.
  • Eros (Cupid), holding a bow and arrow, being crowned with laurel by his mother Aphrodite (Venus); two putti are cutting branches of laurel and three putti are playing with arrows in the foreground; below, a rococo cartouche. Ink drawing.
  • A military procession of mercenary soldiers, followed by a winged figure of Death on horseback who is accompanied by two skeletal accomplices. Etching by Johann Theodor de Bry after Erhard Schön.
  • The Emperor Hadrian celebrates his funeral during his lifetime. Engraving by John Payne, 1639.
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a shipwreck [?], a mob being addressed by an orator in the City of London, and a volcano erupting. Coloured lithograph, c.1849.
  • Four British servicemen performing a sketch with vehicles. Photograph, 191-.
  • Four British servicemen performing a sketch with vehicles. Photograph, 191-.
  • The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Engraving.
  • An evil man, representing medicine and religion (?), gloats over the death of the freedom of the individual in Switzerland to consume absinthe, represented as a green woman stabbed by a cross. Colour lithograph after A.-H. Gantner, 1910.
  • An evil man, representing medicine and religion (?), gloats over the death of the freedom of the individual in Switzerland to consume absinthe, represented as a green woman stabbed by a cross. Colour lithograph after A.-H. Gantner, 1910.
  • An evil man, representing medicine and religion (?), gloats over the death of the freedom of the individual in Switzerland to consume absinthe, represented as a green woman stabbed by a cross. Colour lithograph after A.-H. Gantner, 1910.
  • Crowds of people are gathered in the streets around fishmonger stalls. Etching.
  • The Thames as a gateway to foreign trade routes. Etching by J. Barry, 1791.
  • Dr Richard Price kneeling on a large crown (with a demon on his back) to look through a peep-hole at a group of ruffians ransacking Marie Antoinette's bedroom; representing a speech by Price which allegedly advocated the French Revolution. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1790 (?).
  • John Mitchel striding to his trial in the middle of a marching band: the trombonist has accidentally knocked over the triangle-player in front. Letterpress and wood engraving after J. Leech, 1848.
  • A message about showing committment to the AIDS cause by the Lions Club of Bombay Hilltop and the HIV/AIDS Information and Guidance Centre in Bombay. Lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • The dance of death: the death blow. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.
  • Hieronymus Fracastorius. Woodcut by T. Stimmer, 1589, after F. Torbido.
  • Emma Hamilton in an attitude towards a mimosa plant, causing it to demonstrate sensibility. Stipple engraving by R. Earlom, 1789, after G. Romney.