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  • A man and woman stand talking together in the middle of the room as other couples amuse one another by playing the piano and singing. Wood engraving after George Du Maurier, ca. 1892 (?).
  • Women wearing enormous headwear amusing themselves by playing music, dancing and drawing. Coloured etching.
  • A woman changing her child's nappy, her husband is watching them in an amused manner. Mezzotint.
  • A woman changing her child's nappy, her husband is watching them in an amused manner. Mezzotint.
  • Dutch men, women and children are amusing themselves by playing kolf on ice and other recreations. Engraving by Roberts after Vanloo.
  • Amusing Productions present Lighthouse poets : Tuesday 27th July 1992, 7.30 pm : readings by Tomm Gunn, John Heath-Stubbs, Maureen Duffy, Jeremy Reed, Clive Wilmer introduced by Brenda Dean / London Lighthouse.
  • Amusing Productions present Lighthouse poets : Tuesday 27th July 1992, 7.30 pm : readings by Tomm Gunn, John Heath-Stubbs, Maureen Duffy, Jeremy Reed, Clive Wilmer introduced by Brenda Dean / London Lighthouse.
  • Japan: a woman and a boy returning from a shrine, amused and startled to see drunk man dancing in the street. Colour woodcut, ca. 1900.
  • Tom and Jerry at Jerry's house in Somerset with their companions seated around a fireplace, with a man reading something amusing. Aquatint by R. Cruikshank, 1830.
  • A boy accompanied by a girl is talking to a gentleman while a woman pushing a pram looks amused as she passes. Wood engraving by Swain after R.B..
  • Nepal; Sherpa children of the Khumbu, 1986. Two smiling children share an amusing moment in the village of Phakding (altitude 3000 metres). Their clothing highlights the poverty of some of the Sherpa families.
  • A family sit together in the darkened kitchen where the children are amused by their father making animal shadows in the light shining on the wall. Lithograph by J. Corosjean after David Wilkie.
  • A young woman's wig and hat being swept away by a gust of wind; behind her a young man is laughing, to the left stand an amused couple. Engraving by J. Caldwell, 1771, after J. Collet.
  • The uncertainty of the signs of death, and the danger of precipitate interments and dissections, demonstrated, I. From the known laws of the animal œconomy. II. From the structure of the parts of the human body. And III. From a great variety of amusing and well-attested instances of persons who have retun'd to life ... with proper directions, both for preventing such accidents, and repairing the misfortunes brought upon the constitution by them. To the whole is added a curious and entertaining account of the funeral solemnities of many ancient and modern nations, exhibiting the precautions they made use of to ascertain the certainty of death / [Jacques-Bénigne Winslow].
  • The uncertainty of the signs of death, and the danger of precipitate interments and dissections, demonstrated, I. From the known laws of the animal œconomy. II. From the structure of the parts of the human body. And, III. From a great variety of amusing and well-attested instances of persons who have return'd to life ... With proper directions, both for preventing such accidents, and repairing the misfortunes brought upon the constitution by them. To the whole is added a curious and entertaining account of the funeral solemnities of many ancient and modern nations, exhibiting the precautions they made use of to ascertain the certainty of death. Illustrated with copper plates / [Jacques-Bénigne Winslow].
  • The uncertainty of the signs of death, and the danger of precipitate interments and dissections, demonstrated, I. From the known laws of the animal œconomy. II. From the structure of the parts of the human body. And, III. From a great variety of amusing and well-attested instances of persons who have return'd to life ... With proper directions, both for preventing such accidents, and repairing the misfortunes brought upon the constitution by them. To the whole is added a curious and entertaining account of the funeral solemnities of many ancient and modern nations, exhibiting the precautions they made use of to ascertain the certainty of death. Illustrated with copper plates / [Jacques-Bénigne Winslow].
  • The uncertainty of the signs of death, and the danger of precipitate interments and dissections, demonstrated, I. From the known laws of the animal œconomy. II. From the structure of the parts of the human body. And, III. From a great variety of amusing and well-attested instances of persons who have return'd to life ... With proper directions, both for preventing such accidents, and repairing the misfortunes brought upon the constitution by them. To the whole is added a curious and entertaining account of the funeral solemnities of many ancient and modern nations, exhibiting the precautions they made use of to ascertain the certainty of death. Illustrated with copper plates / [Jacques-Bénigne Winslow].
  • The uncertainty of the signs of death, and the danger of precipitate interments and dissections, demonstrated, I. From the known laws of the animal œconomy. II. From the structure of the parts of the human body. And, III. From a great variety of amusing and well-attested instances of persons who have return'd to life ... With proper directions, both for preventing such accidents, and repairing the misfortunes brought upon the constitution by them. To the whole is added a curious and entertaining account of the funeral solemnities of many ancient and modern nations, exhibiting the precautions they made use of to ascertain the certainty of death. Illustrated with copper plates / [Jacques-Bénigne Winslow].
  • The uncertainty of the signs of death, and the danger of precipitate interments and dissections, demonstrated, I. From the known laws of the animal œconomy. II. From the structure of the parts of the human body. And, III. From a great variety of amusing and well-attested instances of persons who have return'd to life ... With proper directions, both for preventing such accidents, and repairing the misfortunes brought upon the constitution by them. To the whole is added a curious and entertaining account of the funeral solemnities of many ancient and modern nations, exhibiting the precautions they made use of to ascertain the certainty of death. Illustrated with copper plates / [Jacques-Bénigne Winslow].
  • The uncertainty of the signs of death, and the danger of precipitate interments and dissections, demonstrated, I. From the known laws of the animal œconomy. II. From the structure of the parts of the human body. And, III. From a great variety of amusing and well-attested instances of persons who have return'd to life ... With proper directions, both for preventing such accidents, and repairing the misfortunes brought upon the constitution by them. To the whole is added a curious and entertaining account of the funeral solemnities of many ancient and modern nations, exhibiting the precautions they made use of to ascertain the certainty of death. Illustrated with copper plates / [Jacques-Bénigne Winslow].
  • The uncertainty of the signs of death, and the danger of precipitate interments and dissections, demonstrated, I. From the known laws of the animal œconomy. II. From the structure of the parts of the human body. And, III. From a great variety of amusing and well-attested instances of persons who have return'd to life ... With proper directions, both for preventing such accidents, and repairing the misfortunes brought upon the constitution by them. To the whole is added a curious and entertaining account of the funeral solemnities of many ancient and modern nations, exhibiting the precautions they made use of to ascertain the certainty of death. Illustrated with copper plates / [Jacques-Bénigne Winslow].
  • The uncertainty of the signs of death, and the danger of precipitate interments and dissections, demonstrated, I. From the known laws of the animal œconomy. II. From the structure of the parts of the human body. And, III. From a great variety of amusing and well-attested instances of persons who have return'd to life ... With proper directions, both for preventing such accidents, and repairing the misfortunes brought upon the constitution by them. To the whole is added a curious and entertaining account of the funeral solemnities of many ancient and modern nations, exhibiting the precautions they made use of to ascertain the certainty of death. Illustrated with copper plates / [Jacques-Bénigne Winslow].
  • A manager of a penny show in conversaton with one of the characters whom he is exhibiting. Wood engraving.
  • A crowd of people have gathered to watch two men performing on a table in front of a tent; children are peeping through the canvas from the side. Lithograph by Engelmann after S. Baptiste, 1827.
  • A man has an open box with figures in it resting on a chair, young children are crowding round to see the show. Mezzotint after E. van Heemskerck..
  • Some people climb up the steps to the top of a slide, others slide down the other side in couples. Lithograph, 18--.
  • A drunken scene in a dancing hall with a sly customer eyeing a girl. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • Children watching a magic lantern show. Coloured lithograph.
  • A drunken scene in a dancing hall with a sly customer eyeing a girl. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • Children watching a magic lantern show. Coloured lithograph.