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  • One man dressed in soldier's uniform hangs on one side of the balance while a greater number in common dress hang on the other side. Coloured etching.
  • The female husband, or, A circumstantial account of an extraordinary affair which happened at Poplar / by a correspondent.
  • An obese man exhibiting a placard of himself looking extremely thin, demonstrating the effectiveness of J. Morison's pills. Coloured lithograph.
  • An obese man exhibiting a placard of himself looking extremely thin, demonstrating the effectiveness of J. Morison's pills. Coloured lithograph.
  • Hannah Trapnel, a Quaker and a pretended prophet. Line engraving after R. Gaywood, 1823.
  • The restoration of Rome and the Papal Legations by Cardinal Consalvi to Pope Pius VII after the defeat of Napoleon. Engraving by A. Banzo after F. Manno.
  • Mary Squires the fortune teller foretells the future to Sir John Hill: she indicates that she has support from the Lord Mayor of London. Etching, 1753.
  • London School of Tropical Medicine, 31st session.
  • Two prisoners sitting together in a cell and one watching them from a distance; representing unwarranted social isolation of AIDS-infected and ill people in jail. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • A young woman with a broken pillar; representing fortitude. Etching, 16--.
  • A woman with two serpents holding her finger to her lips; representing prudence. Etching, 16--.
  • A courtroom scene with a judge, a pregnant woman, a guilty looking man and an angry wife. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • A woman pouring wine from a jug into a goblet; representing the virtue of temperance. Etching, 16--.
  • Francis Higgins, "The sham squire", defends himself against imputations. Woodcut, 1866.
  • Francis Higgins, "The sham squire", defends himself against imputations. Woodcut, 1866.
  • Francis Higgins, "The sham squire", defends himself against imputations. Woodcut, 1866.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin of the Seven Sorrows) appearing to Saint Francesca Romana. Etching by G. Audran after N. Poussin.
  • Indian cobra, with 'spectacle' marking on hood. Watercolour, 1782.
  • Indian cobra, with 'spectacle' marking on hood. Watercolour, 1782.
  • Open-air market outside the temple of Shah Ahmed, Kandahar, Afghanistan. Coloured lithograph by R. Carrick after Lieutenant James Rattray, c. 1847.
  • A paternity suit: in a courtroom, a judge, a guilty looking woman, an enraged wife, and the supposed father. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • The Free School, Sandwich, Kent. Etching by Ravenhill, 1787, after G. Maxwell.
  • The Virgin of Mercy responding to the intercessions of saints by protecting people from arrows symbolising disease; the Devil rules below, where plague attacks the land. Lithograph after L. Dottorini after Benedetto Bonfigli, 1464 (?).
  • King William IV sits with knife and fork at the ready before a pie containing blackbirds served to him by Lord Melbourne. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
  • Social isolation of AIDS-infected and ill people in jail.
  • The beheading of King Charles I in Whitehall, 1649. Engraving with etching.
  • Saint Paul: his shipwreck on Malta. Engraving by M. Vandergucht after G. Freman.
  • Philiates (Filiates), Albania (subsequently Greece): the town and surrounding mountains. Colour lithograph after G.D. Beresford, 1855.
  • Jonah holding a skull. Etching.
  • An injured patient, John Hill, in bed surrounded by a group of physicians. Etching by Clyster-Pipe after Bolus M.D., 1752.