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  • Children playing in their nursery: performing at and attending the theatre. Chromolithograph after E. Lees after A. Havers, 1890.
  • A woman playing outside with her child, her husband in the background, watching them. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. Ostade, 1679.
  • A small girl recovering from an illness and being visited by neighbours. Colour process print, 1907, after E. Magnus.
  • A small girl recovering from an illness and being visited by neighbours. Colour process print, 1907, after E. Magnus.
  • A human body is consumed by a furnace; a woman holds a small red limbless effigy bearing a crown; a man holds a sheaf, and another a stick; below, by another furnace, a green and red dragon face each other, poised for combat; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
  • A blind man plays the fiddle to a family audience; a child to the right imitates the fiddler. Line engraving by T. Nicholson after D. Wilkie.
  • Children playing with various toys, in the background are paintings of the Creation and the creation of Adam. Engraving by A. Bosse, 1636.
  • Children playing with various toys, in the background are paintings of the Creation and the creation of Adam. Engraving by A. Bosse, 1636.
  • A physician examining a child, who is being comforted by a nurse in the ward of a childrens' hospital. Photogravure by J.Löwy, 1901, after I. Knopp, 1892.
  • A physician examining a child, who is being comforted by a nurse in the ward of a childrens' hospital. Photogravure by J.Löwy, 1901, after I. Knopp, 1892.
  • A wealthy man is stabbed by a skeleton while a man weighs coins on the other side of the table; representing the vanity of riches. Engraving by M. Pregel, 1616.
  • The History of Witches and Wizards, 1720
  • East London Hospital for Children, Shadwell: a party in one of the wards on New Year's Eve. Wood engraving, 1870.
  • A ward in a children's hospital, Lambeth. Photograph, 1925.
  • A phrenologist and some society people in a parlour. Coloured lithograph by H. Jannin after L.C. Bommier (?).
  • Bagnigge Wells, London: a family group, the Dumplings, on a day out. Mezzotint.
  • Wellcome museum, primitive medicine, figures
  • A black banjo player with a wooden leg. Photograph, ca. 1865 (?).
  • LICK : "diving" : number four in a series of six information cards / Terrence Higgins Trust.
  • LICK : "diving" : number four in a series of six information cards / Terrence Higgins Trust.
  • Dairybear's fun time / National Dairy Council.
  • Dairybear's fun time / National Dairy Council.
  • Dairybear's fun time / National Dairy Council.
  • Dairybear's fun time / National Dairy Council.
  • Dairybear's fun time / National Dairy Council.
  • Being negative, staying negative : because I give a fuck / GMFA.
  • Being negative, staying negative : because I give a fuck / GMFA.
  • Presented by the makers of Carter's Little Liver Pills : back-ache quickly cured by Carter's smart weed and belladonna Back-Ache Plasters.
  • Presented by the makers of Carter's Little Liver Pills : back-ache quickly cured by Carter's smart weed and belladonna Back-Ache Plasters.
  • Chinese Street Pedlar