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  • Entertainment ephemera. Box 1.
  • Bartholomew Fair, London: scene of night-time revelry at the fair in Smithfield, outside St Bartholomew's Hospital. Coloured aquatint by J. Bluck after A. Pugin and T. Rowlandson, 1808.
  • Bartholomew Fair, London: scene of night-time revelry at the fair in Smithfield, outside St Bartholomew's Hospital. Coloured aquatint by J. Bluck after A. Pugin and T. Rowlandson, 1808.
  • Four jovial gentlemen in a tavern, one holds a bowl to the face of his drunk companion. Mezzotint by Maucourt, c. 1764, after himself.
  • A popular acrobatics performance. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
  • Crowds at Greenwich Fair, watching performers in booths with drums, whips, etc: a mounted policeman moves through the throng. Wood engraving.
  • Crowds at Greenwich Fair, watching performers in booths, eating, etc.: the twin domes of Greenwich Hospital are visible in the background. Wood engraving by [I.B.] after Findlay.
  • Men and boys at a table drinking as a musician plays the lute. Engraving by A. Reindel, early 19th century, after A. Desenne after B. Manfredi, c. 1600.
  • A man sits drinking at a table and is entertained by a fiddler as a woman holds his music open. Etching by D. Deuchar, 18th century, after A. van Ostade.
  • People sliding down a hill in Malvern. Wood engraving by O.T., 1860.
  • People sliding down a hill in Malvern. Wood engraving by O.T., 1860.
  • The Royal Hospital, Chelsea; and the Rotunda at Ranelagh: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Coloured engraving.
  • The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: aerial view of the building and grounds, looking from the Surrey side of the river. Engraving, c.1761.
  • Six figures passing the time with various entertainments. Mezzotint by J. Wilson, 1771, after G.M. Kraus.
  • The interior of a tavern with men and women carousing at a table and children on the floor. Mezzotint, early 19th century, after A. van Ostade.
  • Children playing at creating the effect of a wet day with bellows, watering-can and an umbrella. Chromolithograph after E. Lees after A. Havers, 1890.
  • The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: aerial view of the building and grounds looking from the Surrey side of the busy river. Coloured engraving by T. Bowles the younger after himself.
  • The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Coloured engraving.
  • The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: aerial view of the building and grounds looking from the Surrey side of the busy river. Coloured engraving by T. Bowles the younger after himself.
  • An Englishman and Asian man seated in a pavilion playing chess and both smoking the hooka. Coloured aquatint by T. Rickards, ca. 1804, after C. Gold.
  • An Englishman and Asian man seated in a pavilion playing chess and both smoking the hooka. Coloured aquatint by T. Rickards, c. 1804, after C. Gold.
  • Crowds at Greenwich Park, dancing, watching side shows, etc. Engraving by A. H. Payne after A. Wray.
  • A game of cricket with Lord Morpeth and Lord John Russell as the two batsmen. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1840.
  • Welcome to the world of sex : the safer you play the longer you stay / AIDES ; artwork by Rod Hunt.
  • Welcome to the world of sex : the safer you play the longer you stay / AIDES ; artwork by Rod Hunt.
  • A man in a wig has his arm around another man's throat. Lithograph.
  • A man plays the fiddle at a tavern table as another sings and others listen. Engraving by J. Heudelot, late 18th century, after A. van Ostade.
  • Boer War: two wounded men, one Boer and one British, playing at cards in a hospital ward as a nurse looks on. Gouache by Gordon Browne.
  • Children playing in their nursery: performing at and attending the theatre. Chromolithograph after E. Lees after A. Havers, 1890.
  • Charles Wood sits in a swing pushed by Lord Howick between the trunks of two trees inscribed "Whig radicalism" and "Conservatism". Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1840.