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  • Statues of "raving" and "melancholy" madness, each reclining on one half of a pediment, formerly crowning the gates at Bethlem [Bedlam] Hospital. Engraving by C. Grignion after S. Wale after C. Cibber, 1680.
  • A servant preventing a messenger from delivering some letters to two weary men seated at a table (Alexander Pope and John Arbuthnot). Etching by C. Grignion, ca. 1787, after F. Hayman.
  • Subtle the alchemist, posing as an astrologer, being visited by Abel Drugger, in Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist'. Engraving by C. Grignion, 1791, after J. Graham.
  • Episode in "The Knight of the Burning Pestle": a man with a barber's bowl beneath his chin is about to be clubbed by a knight in armour; a man stands immediately behind him, to the left is a seated couple, to the right a man who has been knocked down, and in the foreground the audience looks on. Etching by C. Grignion after M. Rooker.
  • Hermaphroditus sleeping. Etching by C. Grignion after R. Dalton, 1744.
  • A face void of all discernible connection with temperament or expression. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • A man with an artificial nose. Drawing, c. 1791.
  • Subtle the alchemist, posing as an astrologer, being visited by Abel Drugger, in Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist'. Engraving by C. Grignion, 1791, after J. Graham.
  • Dissection made after the removal of a pregnant uterus, showing the parts lying immediately behind. Copperplate engraving by C. Grignion after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.
  • An écorché figure, front view, with left arm extended, showing the deep muscles and the bones. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1747.
  • An écorché figure, front view, with left arm extended, showing the deep muscles and the bones. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1747.
  • An écorché figure, front view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the fourth order of muscles, with a grazing rhinoceros seen in the background. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1747.
  • An écorché figure, front view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the fourth order of muscles, with a grazing rhinoceros seen in the background. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1747.
  • Muscles of the head, neck, and pelvis. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.
  • Muscles and bones of the head and trunk. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.
  • An écorché figure, back view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the muscles, with a tomb and a hilly landscape in the background. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.
  • Muscles of the rib-cage. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.
  • Muscles and bones of the vertebral column. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.
  • An écorché figure, back view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the muscles, with a tomb and a hilly landscape in the background. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.
  • Muscles and bones of the vertebral column. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.
  • An écorché figure, back view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the muscles, with a rhinoceros in the background. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.
  • A skeleton, front view, standing with left arm extended, in a pastoral setting. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1747.
  • A skeleton, front view, standing with left arm extended, in a pastoral setting. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1747.
  • An écorché figure, back view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the muscles, with a rhinoceros in the background. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.
  • The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a perspective view looking north-east at the main building, with penitent mothers arriving beside a statue of fortune. Engraving by C. Grignion and P. C. Canot after S. Wale, 1749.
  • The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a perspective view looking north-west at the main building, happy children dancing round a statue of Flora [?]. Engraving by C. Grignion and P. C. Canot after S. Wale, 1749.