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  • A common cold germ asking the father of a neurasthenia bacillus if he can marry her; he is refused on account of the social gap between them. Pen drawing by C. Harrison, 1913.
  • A busy day at the beach. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
  • A member of the Vaishya caste holding a bunch of bananas with his wife holding a betel leaf. Gouache drawing.
  • A popular and fashionable centre devoted to the arts and sciences. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
  • A brass jar worker. Gouache drawing.
  • A landowner has an encounter with a family of gipsies on his estate. Mezzotint by H. Quilley, 1836, after C. Hancock.
  • A country woman suggesting to a lady of means that she encourage the local doctor even though all his previous patients have died. Wood engraving by A.S. Boyd, 1896.
  • A poor doctor takes the pulse of a rich, corpulent patient and announces that he is very ill. Lithograph after E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.
  • A poor doctor takes the pulse of a rich, corpulent patient and announces that he is very ill. Coloured stipple engraving by J.J. after E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.
  • A poor doctor takes the pulse of a rich, corpulent patient and announces that he is very ill. Coloured stipple engraving by J.J. after E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.
  • Southport, Lancashire: sheet of sketches showing various sights. Wood engraving, 1872.
  • Misunderstanding between a doctor and his working-class patient, who has swallowed the leeches he prescribed. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1877.
  • A Jain holding a harness accompanied by his wife. Gouache drawing.
  • A doctor visiting a senile old man and discussing his verdict with the patient's wife. Wood engraving by C.E. Brock, 1902.
  • Brahman merchant couple. Watercolour drawing.
  • Cotton spinning couple. Watercolour drawing.
  • A horsegroom, with his wife offering him betel leaves. Gouache drawing.
  • An indian ruler leading his troops to battle seated in his carriage. Gouache drawing.
  • A key keeper and wife offering him a betel leaf. Gouache drawing.
  • A group of young, fashionable doctors. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, 1823.
  • A rich physician feels the pulse of a poor, sick patient; he tells him he is fine. Coloured stipple engraving by J.J. after E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.
  • A rich physician feels the pulse of a poor, sick patient; he tells him he is fine. Coloured stipple engraving by J.J. after E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.
  • People promenading in Belgravia. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
  • A snake charmer with three snakes and attendant. Gouache drawing.
  • People causing a nuisance by smoking in the street. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.
  • People causing a nuisance by smoking in the street. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.
  • People causing a nuisance by smoking in the street. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.
  • A girl is brought by an old woman to visit her former foster-mother and wet nurse in a cottage. Engraved by E. Mohn after M. Ritscher.
  • A Jain farmer and wife. Gouache drawing.
  • A rich physician feels the pulse of a poor, sick patient; he tells him he is fine. Coloured lithograph by E.J. Pigal, 1822.