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  • A drunken man sits at home with his family who must sell clothes to pay for his habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • Two women tending a child in a messy domestic interior. Aquatint after C. Bega, 1654.
  • A fat man sits at his fireside taking snuff with a smoking pipe and drink by his side. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, c. 1822, after J. Gillray.
  • A drunken man sits at home with his family while bailiffs remove their furniture. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • Two women tending a child in a messy domestic interior. Aquatint after C. Bega, 1654.
  • A drunken man sits at home with his family while bailiffs remove their furniture. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • A woman holding her stomach and vomiting into a bucket after self administering an emetic. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1800.
  • A woman holding her stomach and vomiting into a bucket after self administering an emetic. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1800.
  • A young woman engrossed in raptures at her desk, with her hands in her lap: a man [a servant?] appears in the background. Mezzotint, 1772.
  • An old gentleman visitor offering snuff to an old woman at her fireside. Coloured lithograph by J. J. Chalon, c. 1821, after himself.
  • Mr. Lambkin suffering from excess food and wine, his friends try to make him feel better. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • An old gentleman visitor offering snuff to an old woman at her fireside. Coloured lithograph by J. J. Chalon, c. 1821, after himself.
  • Two men sit smoking at a table, a third stands with glass upraised. Etching after A. van Ostade.
  • A man sits filling his pipe by the fire, behind a man relieves himself against the wall. Mezzotint by J.J. Haid et filius after D. Teniers, the younger (?).
  • A man ill with a cold, wrapped in blankets as his servant attempts to give him a steam bath. Wood engraving.
  • A man ill with a cold, wrapped in blankets as his servant attempts to give him a steam bath. Wood engraving.
  • A physician in traditional costume holding an ointment jar is supervising an apprentice who is mixing a concoction in a pot over a fire, Germany 1500. Heliotype.
  • A man sits at home with his family and offers his wife a drink. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • Mr. Lambkin at home ill from overindulgence being visited by a doctor friend. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • Mr. Lambkin enjoying some wine in the company of friends. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • A man sits at home with his family and offers his wife a drink. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • A man sits at home with his family and offers his wife a drink. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • A man being given a steam bath that is going drastically wrong. Wood engraving.
  • A man being given a steam bath that is going drastically wrong. Wood engraving.
  • Mr. Lambkin dressing up in front of a mirror. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • A midwife giving the Virgin Mary her first bath, Anna is visited by well-wishers congratulating her on the birth. Coloured line engraving after J. Miel.
  • A midwife giving the Virgin Mary her first bath, Anna is visited by well-wishers congratulating her on the birth. Coloured line engraving after J. Miel.
  • A woman taking her baby from its cradle. Engraving.
  • A mother wrapping a baby in swaddling bandages, with a child, the baby's nurse, and two other servants. Engraving by A. Bosse, 1633.
  • A mother wrapping a baby in swaddling bandages, with a child, the baby's nurse, and two other servants. Engraving by A. Bosse, 1633.