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  • A servants' employment agency where prospective employees are having their heads phrenologically examined as to their suitabililty. Coloured etching by W. Taylor.
  • A doctor and his patient talking at cross purposes. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1823.
  • An ornate vase and pedestal with a lady and her servant carved on the side, in a classical garden. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
  • Forty five different scenes telling the tale of a man with toothache, his various attempts at trying to cure himself and the final recourse to the dentist. Wood engraving by G. Cruikshank after H. Mayhew.
  • A gouty man at table with a bon viveur drinking champagne (a pun on "pain"). Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, 1826.
  • An Englishman and Asian man seated in a pavilion playing chess and both smoking the hooka. Coloured aquatint by T. Rickards, ca. 1804, after C. Gold.
  • A doctor diagnosing a cat with mumps and prescribing a remedy. Wash drawing, 18--.
  • An Englishman and Asian man seated in a pavilion playing chess and both smoking the hooka. Coloured aquatint by T. Rickards, c. 1804, after C. Gold.
  • The childless Sarah presents Hagar, her handmaid, to her husband Abraham. Line engraving by J.G. Wille after C.W.E. Dietricy.
  • A doctor and footman hurling pudding at each other in an attempt to make the obese patient laugh in order to cure his quinsey. Coloured engraving by R. Newton, 1797.
  • An obese woman hoisted upon her servant's back as her doctor's prescribed cure for flatulence. Coloured etching by A. Sharpshooter, 1829.
  • Three vignettes of people promoting the use of 'Pears soap'. Photomechanical reproduction after D.E. Wyund.
  • A gouty man at table with a bon viveur drinking champagne (a pun on "pain"). Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, 1826.
  • A maid shows an old man his smallpocked face in a hand mirror. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé, 1823.
  • The newly born Virgin Mary is washed by maids; her mother lies in white on the bed. Coloured engraving by P. Bouttats.
  • The newly born Virgin Mary is washed by maids; her mother lies in white on the bed. Coloured engraving by P. Bouttats.
  • A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a fashionable and rich lady, while his black assistant and her white maid attend. Etching.
  • Hyde Park, near Kensington Palace: ladies and children drinking from a spring and eating a picnic. Engraving by J. Godby, 1802, after Mary Spilsbury.
  • Bonnell Thornton lying ill in bed, consulting three physicians and pointing out their inadequacies. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams.
  • A horrified gouty man discovering grass is growing out of his skin, as a result of taking J. Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1835.
  • A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a fashionable and rich lady, while his black assistant and her white maid attend. Etching.
  • A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a fashionable and rich lady, while his black assistant and her white maid attend. Etching.
  • Bonnell Thornton lying ill in bed, consulting three physicians and pointing out their inadequacies. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop arriving at the home of Tristram Shandy, where Mr. Shandy is seated with a friend and smoking. Aquatint by J.H. Clark after L. Sterne.
  • The birth of John the Baptist. Etching by D. Cunego, 1769, after L. Carracci.
  • The adoration of Christ, surrounded by maids, in a city. Engraving.
  • A horrified gouty man discovering grass is growing out of his skin, as a result of taking J. Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1835.
  • Hyde Park, near Kensington Palace: ladies and children drinking from a spring and eating a picnic. Engraving by J. Godby, 1802, after Mary Spilsbury.
  • The Virgin Mary as an infant among maids. Engraving.
  • The birth of the Virgin Mary. Engraving by R. Van Audenaerd after A. Carracci.