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  • A man sits at home with his family and offers his wife a drink. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • A woman taking her baby from its cradle. Engraving.
  • A woman giving birth in an elaborate room aided by a midwife and a nun and surrounded by her husband and family. Engraving by A. Bosse.
  • A man standing by a fireplace, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured etching after J. Gillray.
  • Four men sit indoors smoking round a barrel-table, others drink by the fireplace. Lithograph after D. Teniers (?).
  • Children playing at being doctors and pharmacists, mother and grandmother approach through a door. Mezzotint by W.J. Edwards after F.D. Hardy.
  • The birth of Saint Edmund, he is being nursed by a midwife while his mother rests in bed and is aided by assistants, 1433. Aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.
  • A woman taking a large knife and scissors to the corns on her feet. Coloured lithograph after J. Gillray.
  • A fiddler plays in a tavern with a family drinking at one table and others in the background. Engraving by Ryland after R. Brakenburg.
  • Mr. Punch wrapped up in blankets in front of the fire, eating gruel and suffering from influenza. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • Three dandies smoking and drinking coffee. Lithograph after H. Heath, c. 1840.
  • A haggard old woman taking a large file to the corns on her feet. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800, after himself.
  • A man standing by a fire place, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800.
  • John the Baptist receiving his first bath, Elizabeth is recovering in bed while Zacharias is recording the childs name. Engraving after J. van der Straet.
  • A drunken man sits at home with his family while bailiffs remove their furniture. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.
  • Two men sit smoking at a table, a third stands with glass upraised. Etching after A. van Ostade.
  • A man standing by a fireplace, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured etching after J. Gillray.
  • A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph by E. Meyer after A.Brouwer.
  • Two women tending a child in a messy domestic interior. Aquatint after C. Bega, 1654.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop being introduced to Tristram Shandy's father, who is smoking with a friend in his parlour. Stipple engraving by W. Haines, 1809, after L. Sterne.
  • The first floor front room at No. 19 Greville Street, Holborn: looking towards the fireplace. Pencil drawing by J. P. Emslie, c.1882.
  • A stereotypical satire of the Scottish. Coloured etching by W.E., 1811.
  • 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.
  • A drunken man sits at home with his family while bailiffs remove their furniture. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • A woman covered in an oiled silk cloak with a vapour machine which is linked to fireplace in front of her. Engraving.
  • A well-meaning health enthusiast reviewing his athletic plan for someone's recovery. Pen drawing.
  • A man sits on a low box with smoking pipe and tankard in hand; others in the room smoke and drink. Engraving by T. Major, 1745, after D. Teniers.
  • 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.
  • Mr Punch wrapped up in blankets in front of the fire, eating gruel and suffering from influenza. Wood engraving after J. Leech.