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  • The head of an ox and the head of an ox-like man: three figures of each, showing their physiognomical relations. Etching, c. 1820, after C. Le Brun.
  • A monkey-alchemist pumps a bellows in a laboratory; alluding to the vanity of alchemy. Process print after J.P. Le Bas after D. Teniers the younger.
  • The head of an ox and the head of an ox-like man: three figures of each, showing their physiognomical relations. Etching, c. 1820, after C. Le Brun.
  • A monkey barber's shop. Engraving after P. van der Borcht.
  • Vendors of various types of remedies consulting about a patient; the vendors represented by their respective treatments and the patient by a goose. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 183-.
  • Hares recovering after surviving a hunt, one of them taking another's pulse. Lithograph by WBT, 1859.
  • A pack of hounds attacking a wolf ferociously in a forest. Etching with engraving by F. Joullain after A. F. Desportes.
  • Vendors of various types of remedies consulting about a patient; the vendors represented by their respective treatments and the patient by a goose. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 183-.
  • An monkey-alchemist pumps a bellows in a laboratory; alluding to the vanity of alchemy. Engraving by J.P. Le Bas after D. Teniers II.
  • A pack of hounds attacking and running after wild boar. Etching by F. Joullain, 1734 after A. F. Desportes after F. Snyders.
  • A bear wearing a hat and a cloak, selling pills to a group of country folk in Leipzig. Watercolour.
  • The evolution of a cat into an old woman, and her stool into a dog into a man in a cage into her skirt; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.
  • Animals portraying a pharmacist with customers. Lithographic reproduction after J.I. Grandville, c. 1840.
  • A foppish doctor paying a house call on a young lady with her mother and baby; represented as a mule, a cat, a dog and a kitten respectively. Coloured etching, 1827.
  • An interior of a games room: anthropomorphic figures playing, drinking, and smoking. Colour lithograph.
  • A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.
  • A fox talking to a chicken; representing a fable by Aesop on false friendship. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • The evolution of a fox riding a goose into a writer seated at his typewriter (or a pianist?) - which in turn evolves into accordion, bellows, money-bag, and handcuffs; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.
  • Two demonic physiognomies, expressive of malignity. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Nebuchadnezzar, gone mad, grovels like a beast of the earth; he gropes for his crown. Engraving, 16--.
  • Vendors of various types of remedies consulting about a patient; the vendors represented by their respective treatments and the patient by a goose. Process print, 19--, after G. Cruikshank, 183-.
  • The evolution of a barrel and goose into a donkey into a man wearing tails; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.
  • The ages of man represented as a step scheme. Reproduction of an engraving by C. Bertelli.
  • A barber-surgeon holding a jester's head over a bowl, an assistant and dog dressed as a clown dance around. Wood engraving.
  • The evolution of a dog and bone into a butler bearing a silver serving-dish; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.
  • A dog resting on a bull's straw; representing Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • James Morison promoting his alternative medicines; satirised by five vignettes of a fox among geese. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1833, after himself.
  • James Morison promoting his alternative medicines; satirised by five vignettes of a fox among geese. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1833, after himself.
  • Monkeys dressed as jockeys riding hounds to the Charenton insane asylum. Colour lithograph by Régnier, Béttannier and Morlon after D'Orschwiller, 1860.
  • A goat-headed man caresses a sleeping ewe-headed woman; representing the notion of animal magnetism and its application by physicians. Etching after M. Voltz (?), 1815.