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  • The three bears : Waverley Oats : quick cooking / Keen, Robinson & Co. Ltd.
  • The three bears : Waverley Oats : quick cooking / Keen, Robinson & Co. Ltd.
  • The four holy women lament over the dead Christ. Line engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1598, after Annibale Carracci, 1597.
  • The four holy women lament over the dead Christ. Line engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1598, after Annibale Carracci, 1597.
  • Four black silhouette figures behind the words 'AktionsMuseum im alten Schlachthor Wels' representing an advertisement for an event in aid of those with HIV and AIDS at the alten Schlachthor in Wels, Austria between 2 and 8 December 1994. Colour lithograph.
  • Puir wee Laddie!! : Ma mither winna gie me ony mair Oxo : It makes me grow oot o'ma claes.
  • Puir wee Laddie!! : Ma mither winna gie me ony mair Oxo : It makes me grow oot o'ma claes.
  • Christ is laid into a tomb. Lithograph by M. Fanoli after E.R. Wehnert, 1849.
  • A group of doctors parade a dummy with a skeleton's head representing cholera: a group of people run screaming from it. Coloured lithograph by H. Heath, 1832.
  • A group of doctors parade a dummy with a skeleton's head representing cholera: a group of people run screaming from it. Coloured lithograph by H. Heath, 1832.
  • The head of King Louis XVI being cut off by a guillotine. Etching by James Gillray, 1793.
  • A large John Bull being held down and force-fed by Peel and Wellington; representing the idea of the Catholic emancipation as a breach of the constitution. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • The four holy women lament over the dead Christ. Mezzotint by W. Say, 1824, after Annibale Carracci, 1597.
  • Wellington and Peel compared with the Siamese twins (above); a rich bishop and a poor parson; and a street vendor of figurines. Etching by W. Heath, 1830.
  • The dead Christ with the Virgin Mary and angels with Saint Petronius, Saint Dominic, Saint Charles Borromeo, Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Florian (all patron saints of Bologna) below. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.
  • Lamentation over the dead Christ. Engraving after P. de Champaigne.
  • A Caesarean section: a scene from Japanese legend. Coloured woodcut, 1646.
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he saw her. Line engraving by J.C. Levasseur, 1769, after H. Collin de Vermont, 1727.
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that the illness of Antiochus (son of Seleucus I) is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose when ever he saw her. Coloured engraving by W.W. Ryland, 1772, after Pietro da Cortona.
  • A young woman is sitting weeping in a chair by a mirror with her daughter trying to console her. Stipple engraving by T. Woolnoth after T.A. Woolnoth.
  • A New Holland goatsucker sitting on a branch of a tree. Etching by P. Mazell after A. Latham.
  • Nine men in a public bath; representing the Liberals' rejection of doubts about Home rule for Ireland. Chromolithograph by T. Merry, 1886.
  • A water-seller standing on a cart in a river and filling his casket. Reproduction of a photograph.
  • A hunting group jumping over fences and obstacles to follow their hounds through a valley. Chromolithograph after a painting by J. F. Herring.
  • Three episodes about horticultural abnormalities and one episode about a young doctor on a visit. Letterpress and wood engraving after G. Du Maurier, 1865.
  • Extraordinary novelty! Another living skeleton!! : and the last night of Cannon & Crawley ... : Monday, August 15th, 1825 ... / Royal Coburg Theatre.
  • British servicemen performing a sketch on the power of the press. Photograph, 191-.
  • British servicemen performing a sketch on the power of the press. Photograph, 191-.
  • A dentist giving John Bull a penny after extracting a tooth; representing the effects of income tax on Great Britain. Wood engraving, 1861.
  • Nurses and patients in a naval hospital ward. Photographic postcard, ca. 1915.