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  • Four scenes from W. Combe's verse Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks, a parody of the Royal College of Physicians, and in particular John Fothergill. Engraving after W. Combe.
  • Four scenes from W. Combe's verse Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks, a parody of the Royal college of physicians and in particular John Fothergill. Engraving after W. Combe.
  • Four scenes from W. Combe's verse Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks, a parody of the Royal college of physicians and John Fothergill (in particular). Engraving, 1771, after W. Combe.
  • Parodies of pictures at the Royal Academy: men and women eating and drinking, a soldier's boots being cleaned, a woman tending to a child and figures hanging over a line. Wood engraving.
  • Parodies of pictures at the Royal Academy: women enjoying a bottle of wine, a nun wearing a wimple and a cross, a man riding a hobby horse and a dog with very large teeth. Wood engraving by Dalziel Brothers after John Gordon Thomson, 1871-1872.
  • Parodies of pictures at the Royal Academy: a woman in the centre surrounded by candles in holders, a man (Frederic Leighton RA) with a box of collars, a goose girl, soldiers in battle and women at tables. Wood engravings by Dalziel Brothers after J.G Thomson, 1871.
  • Parodies of pictures at the Royal Academy: women are playing cards at a table, a man has a bottle stuck on the end of his nose, jockeys ride on rocking horses and a camel looks over pyramid. Wood engraving by Dalziel Brothers, 1872, after John Gordon Thomson.
  • A masquerade: two men in masks pretend to play musical instruments for a young woman who is wearing a veil. Engraving after Jacques de Gheyn II.
  • A carriage representing "Radicalism" is being ransacked by a group of highwaymen, one of whom is wearing a shirt on which is written "Revolution". Lithograph after W. Morgan, 12 September 1885.
  • British politicians including W.E. Gladstone, Rosebery, Chamberlain and Earl Spencer, in the role of British soldiers in Crimea in the painting 'The roll call' by Elizabeth Thompson (Butler). Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 13 February 1886.
  • Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, has been stabbed by his wife's lover (W.E. Gladstone) with a sword on which is written "duplicity". Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 7 November 1885, after W. Hogarth.
  • A man (Lord Hartington) and his wife (Radicalism) having breakfast in a richly decorated room, the morning after a card party. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry after W. Hogarth, 17 October 1885.
  • A woman on whose dress is written "Radicalism" has taken some "disestablishment poison" after reading that her lover has been hanged; the dog is eating the meal on the table, which is inscribed with "capital". Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 14 November 1885, after W. Hogarth.
  • A countess's dress is inscribed with "Radicalism" and her lawyer (W.E. Gladstone) is pointing at a screen on which is written "verbosity, deception, lies". Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 31 October 1885, after W. Hogarth.
  • Lord Brougham, a bully, picks on Lord Melbourne while a girl in a bonnet summons an elderly woman with the face of the Duke of Wellington. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • Names of officers of the Honorable Medico Docti Fill Your Belly Society, a spoof medical society. Lithograph, 1834.
  • Lord Durham and Lord Brougham jousting, Durham about to be unseated. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
  • Actors as a kneeling old man, Chūsuke, offering a packet to a standing ruffian, Kirare Yosa. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1856.
  • Two actors, playing as Matsushita Kahiji and Konoshita Tokichi, striking a pose on stage. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1856.
  • Actors in role: the sculptor Hidari Jingoro offering a cup of sake to a doll that has come to life and stepped out of its box. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1856.
  • Actors in role: a young lover/rebel Shirai Gompachi reading a love letter while being led along by a courtesan's child attendant. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1856.
  • Evolution of household articles, animals etc. according to Darwin's doctrine. Colour lithographs by Fr. Schmidt, ca. 187-(?).
  • Evolution of household articles, animals etc. according to Darwin's doctrine. Colour lithographs by Fr. Schmidt, ca. 187-(?).
  • Evolution of household articles, animals etc. according to Darwin's doctrine. Colour lithographs by Fr. Schmidt, ca. 187-(?).
  • Evolution of household articles, animals etc. according to Darwin's doctrine. Colour lithographs by Fr. Schmidt, ca. 187-(?).
  • Evolution of household articles, animals etc. according to Darwin's doctrine. Colour lithographs by Fr. Schmidt, ca. 187-(?).
  • Evolution of household articles, animals etc. according to Darwin's doctrine. Colour lithographs by Fr. Schmidt, ca. 187-(?).
  • Evolution of household articles, animals etc. according to Darwin's doctrine. Colour lithographs by Fr. Schmidt, ca. 187-(?).
  • Evolution of household articles, animals etc. according to Darwin's doctrine. Colour lithographs by Fr. Schmidt, ca. 187-(?).
  • Evolution of household articles, animals etc. according to Darwin's doctrine. Colour lithographs by Fr. Schmidt, ca. 187-(?).