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  • Vaccination of babies against smallpox: a message from the British Chief Medical Officer. Colour lithograph, ca. 1950.
  • A young man lies dying, a woman weeps as she holds his hand, an hourglass stands on the table. Coloured lithograph by J. Bouvier.
  • Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, introduces his new wife, Princess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, to the British people. Wood engraving, 1874.
  • Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, New York: (left) prisoners are walking in a long file leaving spoons in a bowl as they go past; (right) prisoners stand in line to receive a loaf of bread. Wood engraving by W.J. Palmer, 1876, after F. Régamay.
  • Si cul tu ne veux exploser, de gel tu dois asperger / Soeurs de la Perpétuelle Indulgence - Couvent du Nord.
  • Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: a panel from the six murals which decorate the college foyer. Photograph, c. 1933.
  • The marriage of Mary and Joseph. Etching after C. Maratta.
  • A boy tears up his school textbooks in a fit of anger against his education. Engraving W.C. Wrankmore after C. Wrankmore.
  • An overweight patient prescribed two alternative treatments by his doctor - nine months yachting or a diet - he chooses to go yachting. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier, 1888.
  • Three doctors converge around John Pitt, 2nd earl of Chatham, as their patient; representing the embarrassment of the failed Walcheren Expedition in Flanders. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1809.
  • Si cul tu ne veux exploser, de gel tu dois asperger / Soeurs de la Perpétuelle Indulgence - Couvent du Nord.
  • Three doctors converge around John Pitt, 2nd earl of Chatham, as their patient; representing the embarrassment of the failed Walcheren Expedition in Flanders. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1809.
  • Leprosy: physical aids/appliances
  • Three English conversations about tourist destinations: Paris is praised as a centre of fashion, Margate is deprecated as being a place for the English working classes. Coloured etching by J. Phillips, 1835.
  • A group of drinkers are disrupted by a water pump telling them to take only "the pledge". Etching, c. 1844, after G. Cruikshank.
  • A juror protesting that the subject of a coroner's inquest is alive; showing the danger of blind faith in doctors. Coloured aquatint by F, 1826.
  • Amateur actors in drag, pose on stage as "The Blackthorns". Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Amateur actors in drag, pose on stage as "The Blackthorns". Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Chinese woodcut: Daoist internal alchemy (12)
  • Woman with pails going to collect water in rural area, Zambia
  • Frederick Prince of Wales. Engraving by J. Houbraken after C. Boit, ca. 1727.
  • A cobbler sits on a stool in front of a wooden jointed figure which he has created in order to give himself respect. Engraving by J. Neagle after H. Singleton.
  • Prevention of malnutrition: growth monitoring and promotion
  • 3e commandante : Si paradis artificiels te font triper, kits stériles sont récommandés! / Soeurs de la Perpétuelle Indulgence - Couvent du Nord.
  • A young woman pressing a half-open book to her heart, her eyes raised upwards, as she undergoes a religious revelation. Colour lithograph after James Sant.
  • A man. Oil painting.
  • Chinese woodcut: Twelve Brocades of Cultivation - 1st posture
  • 3e commandante : Si paradis artificiels te font triper, kits stériles sont récommandés! / Soeurs de la Perpétuelle Indulgence - Couvent du Nord.
  • The birth of John the Baptist. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Carracci.
  • Philiates (Filiates), Albania (subsequently Greece): the town and surrounding mountains. Colour lithograph after G.D. Beresford, 1855.