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  • Chinese men and women join British army staff in an evening feast. Lithograph, ca. 1840/1850.
  • A man sits at home with his family and offers his wife a drink. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • The maid bringing in the breakfast finds the Prince of Wales and Mrs Fitzherbert in a dishevelled state on the morning after their marriage. Wood engraving after "Plenipo Georgy" (James Gillray?).
  • A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: two nurses have lunch at a patisserie, the others have a drunken meal at the hospital. Colour lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.
  • An itinerant salesman selling pickled cucumbers from a large plate he balances on his head. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • Agriculture: rice paddies in China, soaking the rice in an irrigation ditch. Engraving by J. June after A. Heckel.
  • A woman spoon-feeding a man while he is on the toilet, perhaps as one would a child. Etching by D. Deuchar (?).
  • Low-cost Multivite the balanced vitamin supplement for patients of all ages : food and the British.
  • Fifteen vignettes relating to child care, domestic medicine, effects of alcohol and eating. Etching by G. Cruikshank after himself.
  • Cholera : caused by food infected by the excretions of a previous case : how to prevent ... / Shanghai Municipal Council Public Health Department.
  • Parodies of pictures at the Royal Academy: men and women eating and drinking, a soldier's boots being cleaned, a woman tending to a child and figures hanging over a line. Wood engraving.
  • Memorandum : from: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
  • Sarawak: interior of a Kadayan tribal house, with a meal laid out. Photograph.
  • An allegory of plenty: a scene of sheep-shearing with a cornucopious border. Engraving.
  • A rich miser eating humble food. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
  • The people of Moses receive manna from heaven in the wilderness. Engraving by B. Audran I after N. Poussin, 1637-1639.
  • The Buddhist guardian deity, Fudô Myôô, reading a government propaganda publication, enthusing about Western customs and modernisation: one attendant prepares meat, another warms sake in the sacred flame. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, 1874.
  • Westerners at Yokohama, Japan, enjoying a lavish tea ceremony as a cellist plays to them. Coloured woodcut by Chikahisa, c. 1865, after Yoshikazu.
  • An obese doctor acknowledging the favours of a French chef in his kitchen; denoting their complicity, the chef's food providing patients. Coloured etching by C. Williams, c. 1815.
  • A cuckoo catching a fly. Etching, ca. 1775, after W. Hayes.
  • Aesculapius (representing medicine) routing death, Ceres (?) supplying milk to the starving. Drawing attributed to J.-C. Bordier du Bignon, 1822.
  • A man sits at home with his family and offers his wife a drink. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • A rich man and his servant hand out food and alms to the poor and hungry. Etching by A. Chataignier and C. Niquet after V.M. Langlois after D. Teniers the younger.
  • Fisher-folk, and their net-making equipment. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Les obus de Choumara / P. Lachambeaudie.
  • The good Samaritan takes care of an injured man in an inn. Wood engraving after P.R. Morris, 1858.
  • Low-cost Multivite the balanced vitamin supplement for patients of all ages : food and the British.
  • Genetically engineered food : a serious health risk / Natural Law Party.
  • Crowds at Greenwich Park, dancing, watching side shows, etc. Engraving by A. H. Payne after A. Wray.
  • A shop assistant in a food shop in the Soviet Union displaying an abundance of food to assuage fears about food shortages. Colour lithograph after A. Dobrov, 1982.