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  • Physicians expressing their thanks to influenza. Coloured etching attributed to Temple West, 1803.
  • Physicians expressing their thanks to influenza. Coloured etching attributed to Temple West, 1803.
  • Physicians expressing their thanks to influenza. Coloured etching attributed to Temple West, 1803.
  • Mr. G. H. MacDermott's ninth annual benefit, Tuesday, Sept. 19th, 1882 : An entirely new and original burlesque sketch, written by Arthur Lloyd, entitled Maid Maryann or all a-growing & a-blowing ... / London Pavilion, Tichborne Street, Haymarket, W.
  • A monkey dressed in preparation against the cholera epidemic. Etching, c. 1832.
  • One hundred demons stirring by night. Colour woodcut by Gyokuen, 1860s.
  • A man is horrified at the high cost of a meal in a tavern while the two women whom he has entertained enjoy his discomfort. Engraving by S. Sangster, 1851, after A.L. Egg.
  • A vain woman (Lady Pentweazle) sits to a portrait-painter (Carmine) while a servant holds her lapdog. Mezzotint by D. Lucas, 1832, after R. Smirke.
  • A vain woman (Lady Pentweazle) sits to a portrait-painter (Carmine) while a servant holds her lapdog. Mezzotint by D. Lucas, 1832, after R. Smirke.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Frontispiece of the illustrated adventures of Reynard, the fox. Reproduction of an etching.
  • Physicians disputing while the patient suffers. Oil painting after (?) Johann Geyer.
  • A man dressed in effeminate fashion. Colour process print, ca. 1910.
  • A man dressed in effeminate fashion. Colour process print, ca. 1910.
  • Animals wearing human clothes play sounds and sing from a score open on a table, while others attending dance; represesenting musical soirées held by Teresa Cornelys. Mezzotint after E. van Heemskerck.
  • 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.
  • Chinese men and women join British army staff in an evening feast. Lithograph, ca. 1840/1850.
  • A tall woman wears short feathers in her headdress and a short woman wears tall feathers in hers. Etching by James Gillray, 1795.
  • A figure dressed in a cholera safety suit. Coloured etching after J. Petzl (?), ca. 1832.
  • A figure dressed in a cholera safety suit. Coloured etching after J. Petzl (?), ca. 1832.
  • A figure dressed in a cholera safety suit. Coloured etching after J. Petzl (?), ca. 1832.
  • A figure dressed in a cholera safety suit. Coloured etching after J. Petzl (?), ca. 1832.
  • James Bruce of Kinnaird, having reached a fountain at Gisha (Abyssinia) regarded as the source of the Nile, uses a coconut to drink the water to the health of King George III and Empress Catherine the Great. Engraving by J. Gillray, 1793, after R.M. Paye.
  • A credulous congregation listening to a sermon by a fiery preacher. Engraving by T. Cook, 1798, after W. Hogarth.
  • Sir Jeffrey Dunstan, mayor of Garrett, presents an address from the Corporation of Garrett to William Pitt the younger, who wears a crown and sits on a commode. Coloured etching by F.G. Byron, 1788.
  • A woman extravagantly equipped to deal with the cholera epidemic of 1832; representing the abundance of dubious advice on how to combat cholera. Etching, c. 1832.
  • A woman extravagantly equipped to deal with the cholera epidemic of 1832; representing the abundance of dubious advice on how to combat cholera. Etching, c. 1832.
  • A woman extravagantly equipped to deal with the cholera epidemic of 1832; representing the abundance of dubious advice on how to combat cholera. Etching, c. 1832.
  • A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by E. de Boulonnois, 16--.