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  • Three naked men are tied to trees with a bonfire set alight before them threatening to burn or asphyxiate them. Wood engraving by Horace Harral after Godefroy Durand.
  • An episode in the play L'école des femmes by Molière: Horace, standing in a city street, asks Arnulphe (in disguise) to look after Agnès. Engraving by F. Joullain, 1726, after C.A. Coypel.
  • The art of cookery, in imitation of Horace's Art of poetry. With some letters to Dr. Lister, and others: occassion'd principally by the title of a book publish'd by the Doctor, being the works of Apicius Coelius, concerning the soups and sauces of the antients. With an extract of the greatest curiosities contain'd in that book. To which is added Horace's Art of poetry, in Latin / By the author of the Journey to London [i.e. W. King].
  • Dwarfs being exhibited in Piccadilly, London. Reproduction of a wood engraving after H. Morehen.
  • A military dental surgery where soldiers have their teeth extracted extremely quickly, whilst others are waiting for their operations. Pen drawing by H. Bury.
  • A military dental surgery where soldiers have their teeth extracted extremely quickly, whilst others are waiting for their operations. Pen drawing by H. Bury.
  • The grave of David Livingstone in Westminster Abbey. Wood engraving by H. Harral.
  • David Livingstone's grave at Westminster Abbey. Wood engraving by H. Harral.
  • Princess Alexandra taking a carriage ride with a convalescing Prince Albert Edward. Wood engraving by H. Harral, 1872.
  • An army officer lectures his bored class on the effects of gas, one student is made to wear a gas mask while another wickedly tries to set light to it. Pen and ink drawing by H. Bury, 1916.
  • Secondary syphilitic ulcer in the hollow of the thigh (progressive)
  • Secondary syphilitic ulcer in the hollow of the thigh (partially healed)
  • Deaf and dumb people from the Hackney Mission to the Deaf and Dumb performing plays, sign language, and portraits of staff at the institution. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1884, after H. Morehen.
  • William Harvey. Woodcut by H. Gerrard, 1923.
  • James Currie. Stipple engraving by R. H. Cromek, 1807, after H. Hone.
  • Serbo-Turkish War, Turkey: hospital camp at Magra near Kars. Wood engraving by H. Harral after G. Broling, 1877.
  • University College Hospital, Bloomsbury, London: Christmas scenes. Process print by J. Swain after H. Morehen.
  • St. Gothard Hospital, St. Gothard, Switzerland: Louis-Philippe, Duke of Chartres, travelling incognito, is turned away when seeking help from the hospital. Mezzotint by J. Franklin after H. Vernet.
  • A furious cuckold rushes at his rival with a sword; representing vice as its own punishment. Engraving after O. van Veen (Vaenius), 1612.
  • David Livingstone's body arrives in Southampton; a delegation laying a wreath on his coffin. Wood engraving by H. Harral after G. Durand.
  • A delegation laying a wreath on the coffin of David Livingstone after its arrival in Southampton. Wood engraving by H. Harral after G. Durand.
  • Rideau Hall, Ottawa: people using a toboggan slide in the presence of the Marquis of Lorne, governor-general of Canada, and his wife Princess Louise. Wood engraving by H. Harral after S.P. Hall.
  • Mothers and nurses play with sick children on New Years Day. Wood engraving by H. Harral after M.E. Edwards.
  • Rules of the Photographic Society Club: title page. Colour lithograph, 1856.
  • Cancer of the scrotum
  • Sloughing and ulceration of the integuments of the leg
  • Tumour attached to the cerebellar surface of a petrous bone
  • Chimney sweep's cancer
  • Three scenes involving the end of a tooth extraction operation and the great relief of the patient. Coloured wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.
  • Three scenes involving the end of a tooth extraction operation and the great relief of the patient. Coloured wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.