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  • Four men smoking and drinking round a table outside a country tavern. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after C. Dusart.
  • A woman is washing clothes in a tub in a farmyard while a herder drives sheep, cattle and a goat out to pasture. Engraving by L. Halbou after a painting attributed to D. Teniers.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares in a village square with the assistance of a monkey. Pen drawing.
  • A tooth-drawer holding up a tooth he has just extracted on stage to try and sell his skills; his two companions are treating a sick man. Etching after J. Steen (?).
  • A pastoral scene with women picking grapes and a man on an ox-cart. Etching by H. Lepind after E. Debat-Ponsan, 1886.
  • Oxford: twelve views of the city as seen from the surrounding countryside or river. Aquatint.
  • People dancing the tarantella and playing music as an antidote to a tarantula bite. Etching.
  • A physician bandaging the hand of a boy, who is surrounded by his large family. Heliogravure by Dujardin after P.A.J. Dagnan-Bouveret.
  • A country village: people feast round a table while others walk home in drunken groups. Etching by P. Chedel after A. Watteau.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares at a country market, assisted by a woman. Colour stipple engraving by L.-M. Bonnet after J.-P. Caresme.
  • A map of the area of Villcabamba, Ecuador, illustrated with buildings, rivers, people, animals and flowering plants and trees. Watercolour.
  • A bath-house containing six men and an onlooker, perhaps an allegory of the four humours and five senses. Photolithograph after A. Dürer, c. 1496.
  • Hops being cut down and harvested: six scenes. Sepia aquatint by W.H. Pyne, ca. 1804.
  • The effects of temperance on a man and his household. Lithograph, c. 1840, after Gunthorp.
  • Vaccination: description and vignettes of cow and of a suckling mother. Etching with letterpress by L. Baltard after himself, 18--.
  • A woman playing outside with her child, her husband in the background, watching them. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. Ostade, 1679.
  • A rural tooth-drawer in his surgery extracting a tooth from a patient. Lithograph by E. Pigal.
  • A pastoral scene showing the picking, treading and transporting of grapes in an ox-cart; representing autumn. Engraving by R. S., 16th century, after F.G. Bassano.
  • A country blacksmith in his forge extracting a tooth from a woman who is being restrained by her family. Etching.
  • A woman driving a horse-drawn cart loaded with hay has stopped on the road to speak to a man with dogs. Watercolour.
  • A bustling country fair full of stalls of people selling their wares. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1788, after A. Ostade.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares on stage with the aid of three musicians to an audience in the ruins of a temple. Etching by J.J. de Boissieu, 1773.
  • A country doctor enquiring how a farm worker has voted. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1880.
  • A greedy medical practitioner demanding a section of bread or cake (?) for payment from a poor family. Stipple engraving by J. Baldrey, 1784, after E. Penny.
  • A crowd outside a country tavern with market stalls and a church in the background. Etching by Deuchar (?), mid 18th century, after A. van Ostade (?).
  • A father feeding his infant whilst the mother attends to domestic jobs and a small child plays with its food. Pen drawing after A. van Ostade, 1648.
  • A father feeding his infant while the mother attends to domestic jobs and a small child plays with its food. Etching after A. van Ostade, 1648.
  • A country doctor out in his horse and trap, enquiring how a farm worker has voted. Wood engraving, 1886.
  • Three epileptic women each supported by two men. Engraving by H. Hondius the younger, 1642, after P. Brueghel.
  • A country blacksmith in his forge extracting a tooth from a woman who is being restrained and taunted by her family. Coloured mezzotint.