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  • A man tying a woman's absurdly high wig on to a scaffolding; another woman wearing a tall heart-shaped wig looks on. Coloured etching attributed to M. Rapine.
  • Wigs classified into five different orders in a parody of the orders of ancient Greek and Roman architecture. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1761.
  • William Barrett, aged 31. Stipple engraving by W. Walker after J. van Rymsdick.
  • A physician stirring medicine in a cup which is refused by a repulsed little girl, her mother stands behind her smiling. Mezzotint by J. Jervis, 1842, after W. White.
  • An aged unpleasant apothecary. Coloured etching by M. Darly, 1774.
  • Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823.
  • Parody coat of arms of a united company of surgeons and barbers. Drawing (?) by John Marshall, 1798.
  • An Oxford University proctor wearing a wig and carrying a cane looks through a quizzing glass at a flowerpot shown to him by a gardener. Pen and ink drawing by or after G.M. Woodward.
  • An aged unpleasant apothecary. Coloured etching by M. Darly, 1774.
  • A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a patient who is in such pain that he pulls the tooth-drawer's wig off. Coloured etching after J. Gillray (?).
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Doctor Slop, having fallen off his horse, is greeted by Obadiah. Etching after L. Sterne.
  • Four Georgian gentlemen at their club seriously engaged in smoking. Stipple print by H. Bunbury, c. 1794.
  • A barber lathering a man's face, other men trying on wigs. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1818, after H.W. Bunbury, 1811.
  • Franz Joseph Gall measuring the head of a bald, elegantly dressed old lady; her pet poodle is entwined in her wig on a chair. Coloured aquatint by F.C. Hunt after E.F. Lambert, ca. 1823.
  • A City of London barber holding in his left hand three wigs placed on a frame; the first is a two-tailed wig, the second a small 'scratch' wig and the third a style worn by the macaronis. Etching.
  • Baron Brougham and Vaux represented as a second-hand wig salesman. Lithograph by Alfred Crowquill [?].
  • Doctor Diafoirus, a physician from Molière's play Le malade imaginaire. Coloured etching.
  • A surgeon amputating a patient's leg with a saw, he is being held in a particular position by two attendants. Engraving, 1738.
  • A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.
  • A shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1736, after himself.
  • Mr. Blake in the character of Monsieur le médecin. Mezzotint by J. McArdell after himself.
  • A drunken party with men smoking, sleeping and falling to the floor. Engraving by T. Cook, c. 1798, after W. Hogarth.
  • A shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. Mezzotint after W. Hogarth, 1736.
  • A surgeon amputating a patient's leg with a saw, he is being held in a particular position by two attendants. Engraving, 1738.
  • Women wearing four different styles of fashionable wigs. Coloured etching.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop with his wig on fire angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Etching by J. Bretherton, 1773, after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
  • Georgian gentlemen smoking, drinking and reading newspapers at their club. Coloured aquatint by John Caspar Ziegler after George Moutard Woodward, published by William Holland, 1798.
  • Bagnigge Wells, London: a fashionably dressed young couple greeting an acquaintance [an officer?] at a soiree. Mezzotint, 1772, after a painting attributed to J. Sanders.
  • King George IV with Lady Conyngham inspecting wigs on wig-stands presented by a Frenchman; representing a disagreement in the cabinet with the 'Canning-ites' over the Corn bill. Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1828.
  • Four jovial gentlemen in a tavern, one holds a bowl to the face of his drunk companion. Mezzotint by Maucourt, c. 1764, after himself.