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  • Self-portrait of W. Hogarth in a Montero cap, with his dog Trump. Stipple engraving by B. Smith after W. Hogarth.
  • A milk maid holding a milk pail on her head. Engraving by J. Moore after W. Hogarth.
  • Hudibras confronts, with a pistol, a club-wielding crowd, including Crowdero the fiddler with a peg leg, Taglot the butcher, and Orsin with his bear. Aquatint by Rosenburg, 1799, after William Hogarth.
  • King George I representing royalty, a bishop representing episcopacy; and a judge representing law, all as seen through a telescope as inhabitants of the moon. Engraving by J. Moore, 18-- after W. Hogarth, 1724.
  • The lady's last stake: a married lady has lost all her cards to a young officer and has to decide between honour and debts. Stipple engraving by T. Cheesman after W. Hogarth.
  • Ticket for the Tiverton School Feast of 1726. Steel engraving by J. Moore after W. Hogarth.
  • A skeleton (death) wrestling with a man, the skeleton seems to be winning. Engraving by R. Livesay after W. Hogarth.
  • A baker is carrying a tray of pies on his head. Engraving by B. Smith, 1824, after W. Hogarth.
  • A physician administering a potion to a patient who is holding his stomach. Coloured stipple engraving by S. Ireland after W. Hogarth.
  • A young black woman with a head-scarf. Etching and stipple by S. Ireland after W. Hogarth.
  • A clergyman conducting a chaotic christening. Colour mezzotint by J. Sympson, 173-, after W. Hogarth.
  • A shrimp girl. Steel engraving by J. Moore after W. Hogarth.
  • The House of Commons: the Speaker, Arthur Onslow (seated, centre), calling upon Sir Robert Walpole (left) to speak. Stipple engraving by R. Page after W. Hogarth and J. Thornhill.
  • The Beggar's opera: on trial for robbery, Captain Macheath stands in shackles in Newgate prison, while two of his lovers (Polly Peachum and Lucy Lockit) plead for his life. Engraving by W. Blake after W. Hogarth, 1st July 1790.
  • Thomas Coram. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter, 1796, after W. Hogarth.
  • David Garrick in the rôle of Richard III, awakening from his nightmare in the tent with military activities in the background. Etching by W. Hogarth and C. Grignion after W. Hogarth.
  • A nobleman and an alderman sit at a table neggotiating a marriage settlement between the son of the former and the daughter of the latter. Engraving by Louis Gérard Scotin after William Hogarth, 1745.
  • Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, has been stabbed by his wife's lover (W.E. Gladstone) with a sword on which is written "duplicity". Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 7 November 1885, after W. Hogarth.
  • The foundling Moses is brought to Pharoah's daughter. Engraving by W. Hogarth and L. Sullivan, 1752, after the former, c. 1746.
  • The countess, having taken a dose of laudanum nears death, and is kissed by her sickly child held towards her by an elderly maid; her father slips her ring from her finger. Engraving by Louis Gérard Scotin after William Hogarth, 1745.
  • The baptism of Tristram Shandy. Etching by J. Heath, 1780, after W. Hogarth.
  • James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont. Etching by J. Haynes after W. Hogarth.
  • Saint Paul: with his hands in chains, he pleads his case at Caesarea before the Roman procurator of Judea, Antonius Felix. Engraving by L. Sullivan after W. Hogarth.
  • At two inns on the outskirts of a village, vigorous political campaigning, comprising fighting and bribery takes place; a countryman is offered money and cards of invitation by two rival representatives of the Tory and Whig inns. Engraving by Charles Grignion after William Hogarth, 1757.
  • The viscount sits despondent in a chair, his wife indicates tiredness by stretching her arms, while a disapproving steward exits carrying a handful of bills. Engraving by B. Baron after W. Hogarth, 1745.
  • Hudibras addresses a lawyer who sits in an elaborately decorated pew next to shelf of books; two clerks sit beneath. Aquatint by Merigot, 1799, after William Hogarth.
  • Three illustrations of Roman military punishment: banishment, degrading punishment, and freemen degraded and sold into slavery. Etchings by A.M.I. after W. Hogarth.
  • A Savoyard girl standing near to a fire place playing the hurdy-gurdy. Stipple engraving by G. Sherlock, 1799, after W. Hogarth.
  • Daniel Lock. Stipple engraving by B. Holl after W. Hogarth.
  • A man (Lord Hartington) and his wife (Radicalism) having breakfast in a richly decorated room, the morning after a card party. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry after W. Hogarth, 17 October 1885.