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  • A patient dismayed at his doctor's advice not to drink any alcohol while recovering from a cold. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1875.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Etching after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.
  • Farm workers under a tree are making a basket, a plough and other agricultural implements. Engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar after F. Cleyn.
  • A staunch magistrate surprised by the apparition of a radical demon. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1835.
  • The marriage of Mary and Joseph. Engraving by H. Wierix.
  • A sick man with a cold. Coloured lithograph, 1833.
  • A sick man with a cold. Coloured lithograph, 1833.
  • 2e commandante : si gourdins tu aimes sucer, latex tu dois utiliser / Soeurs de la Perpétuelle Indulgence - Couvent du Nord.
  • A doctor advising his patient to give up life's pleasures - though not to go so far as to get married. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1880.
  • 2e commandante : si gourdins tu aimes sucer, latex tu dois utiliser / Soeurs de la Perpétuelle Indulgence - Couvent du Nord.
  • Elizabeth Gunning astride a cannon firing by the pen of her mother a blast of forged letters at the facade of Blenheim - which a figure defends with a blast of excrement - the Duchess of Bedford offers her petticoat as cover while General Gunning retreats from the battlefield; representing the Gunning scandal. Etching by J. Gillray, 1791.
  • A doctor telling a man that he needs a complete rest from his occupation, which is anarchism. Drawing by B. Thomas, 1922.
  • A young lady, love-struck after a military ball, visited by her doctor at her mother's request. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1863.
  • 1er commandante : si de saloperies tu ne veux point choper, le latex tu dois utiliser / Soeurs de la Perpétuelle Indulgence - Couvent du Nord.
  • 1er commandante : si de saloperies tu ne veux point choper, le latex tu dois utiliser / Soeurs de la Perpétuelle Indulgence - Couvent du Nord.
  • 7ème commandante : Si accessoires ou partenaires tu aimes prêter, à chaque fois la capote tu dois changer / Soeurs de la Perpétuelle Indulgence - Couvent du Nord.
  • Sufi saints seated around holy scriptures. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • A doctor trying to convince an obese lady that her over-eating problems are psychologically based. Wood engraving by EH, 1894.
  • A young lady, love-struck after a military ball, visited by her doctor at her mother's request. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1863.
  • A doctor and nurse prescribing new medicines for their patient; representing Britain under a new government. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1842.
  • Malaria: spraying a workers' settlement with DDT and benzine hexachloride (lindane) to kill the mosquitoes. Colour lithograph after A.D. Polumordvinov and others, 1953.
  • 1er commandante : si saloperies tu ne veux pas choper, le latex devras utiliser : les dix commandements des Soeurs de la Perpétuelle Indulgence / Les Soeurs - Couvent du Nord.
  • Philip the Bold: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Man standing in a courtroom dock putting his case forward to the magistrate. Wood engraving by L. Raven-Hill, 1904.
  • 7ème commandante : Si accessoires ou partenaires tu aimes prêter, à chaque fois la capote tu dois changer / Soeurs de la Perpétuelle Indulgence - Couvent du Nord.
  • The victim of a railway accident approaching the railway board's directors for compensation for his extensive injuries. Watercolour by C.W.D., 1866.
  • 1er commandante : si saloperies tu ne veux pas choper, le latex devras utiliser : les dix commandements des Soeurs de la Perpétuelle Indulgence / Les Soeurs - Couvent du Nord.
  • A boy enjoying wearing female clothing. Colour process print, ca. 1919.
  • A boy enjoying wearing female clothing. Colour process print, ca. 1919.
  • Two working-class men wearing top hats and moustaches, imitating the fashions of the upper classes, rejoice in their new-found equality in fashion. Wood engraving after John Leech, 1854.