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  • Sir Robert Peel leads a queue for a coach but is told by the keeper of the coach-office, James Abercromby (Speaker of the House of Commons) that the coach has already gone. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • A bare-knuckled boxing match between the Prince of Wales and Napoleon, with their supporters including a black man. Coloured etching by Charles Williams, 1815.
  • An attack on smallpox vaccination and on the Royal College of Physicians' advocacy of it. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1812.
  • A precocious child telling a dentist exactly what is wrong with her teeth. Process print after L. Baumer, 1936.
  • A man strapped into a dentist's chair with the dentist looking on. Process print after H.M. Bateman, 1925.
  • An injured patient, John Hill, in bed surrounded by a group of physicians. Etching by Clyster-Pipe after Bolus M.D., 1752.
  • 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.
  • Queen Victoria in a theatre watching a performance: Van Amburgh holding a whip and various animals - a lion, hyena, fox and sheep with the heads of Daniel O'Connell, Lord Durham, Lord Brougham and Lord Melbourne respectively. Lithograph by Philo H.B., 1839.
  • On a windswept heath, three witches prophesy to an aghast Daniel O' Connell. Coloured lithograph by h.b. (unknown artist), 1843.
  • Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell as schoolboys at a class given by Sir Robert Peel: Lord Brougham peeps from behind a door. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1841.
  • Daniel O'Connell about to feed a loaf of bread to a cage full of big cats with the heads of politicians, Queen Victoria looks on. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
  • Lord Durham stands nursing his eye from a missile inscribed "act of indemnity" thrown by Lord Brougham who stands to the far right behind a tree. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • Lord Melbourne and the Marquess of Normanby prepare to shoot two pheasants with the heads of the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, with Windsor Castle in the background. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1840.
  • Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell as schoolboys at a class given by Sir Robert Peel: Lord Brougham peeps from behind a door. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1841.
  • An aggressive colonel barging his way into a doctor's consulting-room demanding to have his liver inspected. Reproduction after a drawing by G.L. Stampa, 1926.
  • A reluctant girl sits down in the dentist's chair. Reproduction of a drawing by B. Thomas, 1920.
  • A nurse attempts to wake up one of her patients who has just died. Wood engraving by G. King, 1906.
  • Lord John Russell, as an auctioneer with Sir Robert Peel as his clerk, auction a bundle of papers inscribed "law of libel", "trial by jury" and "bill of rights"; Daniel O'Connell, a prospective bidder, examines a paper marked "Magna Charta". Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1840.
  • Lord Brougham applies to John Bull for the position of coachman. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
  • A coach representing the quadruple alliance of England, France, Portugal and Spain is disabled owing to a broken wheel. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
  • A fashionably dressed lady meets her doctor in the park and informs him that she feels much better since he went away. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier.
  • A child serving behind the counter of a chemists and offering advice to a female customer. Wood engraving.
  • A psychologist asking a large, aggressive looking man to talk about his mother. Reproduction after a drawing by F. Reynolds, 1938.
  • A country gentleman surprised at the cost of his doctor's fees. Reproduction of a drawing, 1921.
  • A fashionable lady with her servant in the desert bumps into an elderly doctor and enquires whether the area is good for rheumatism. Colour photomechanical reproduction after L. Thackeray.
  • The Kaiser angrily throwing his medicines on to the floor and shouting at his physicians that he needs a victory not tablets. Pen drawing by J.H. Dowd, 1914.
  • Sir Robert Peel holds a candle-snuffer inscribed "Conservatism" about to extinguish a low candle inscribed "Whiggery". Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1841.
  • Six pictures of a man in bed with suspected appendicitis being visited by various members of his family, each with different advice. Wood engraving by A.T. Smith, 1911.
  • A giant holding a crozier with a cap of liberty points menacingly to Daniel O'Connell who stands on the brink of a precipice. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.
  • A dentist asks an old patient how long his tooth has been hurting him, the patient replies twenty years. Reproduction of a drawing after B. Thomas, 1931.