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  • Three doctors converge around John Pitt, 2nd earl of Chatham, as their patient; representing the embarrassment of the failed Walcheren Expedition in Flanders. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1809.
  • The Regent approaching Lady Hertford who is giving birth to fully dressed little men, Perceval (dressed as a nurse) helps them stand up; representing additions to the ministry after the removal of the Regency restrictions. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1812.
  • A bare-knuckled boxing match between the Prince of Wales and Napoleon, with their supporters including a black man. Coloured etching by Charles Williams, 1815.
  • Three doctors representing diet, cheerfulness and rest, defend their patient from death. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1813.
  • A monster being fed baskets of infants and excreting them with horns; symbolising vaccination and its effects. Etching by C. Williams, 1802(?).
  • An operator treating Ann Ford, a society lady, with "Perkins's tractors", for her venomous tongue. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1802.
  • A day in the life of Tsar Alexander I of Russia, in London, 1814. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1814.
  • A doctor presenting a patient with a large pill; representing Addington's concession to the City of London by withdrawing income tax. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1802.
  • A day in the life of George, Prince Regent, 1814. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1814.
  • John Glaisyer a Quaker anointing a dog with burning vitriol oil; implying a satirical attack on the Quaker movement. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1806.
  • Nonsense talked by a cobbler compared to the talk of a parson and a surgeon-apothecary. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams, ca. 1812.
  • Nonsense talked by a cobbler compared to the talk of a parson and a surgeon-apothecary. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams, ca. 1812.
  • John Abernethy. Mezzotint by C. Turner, 1828, after C.W. Pegler, 1828.
  • John Abernethy. Mezzotint by C. Turner, 1828, after C.W. Pegler, 1828.
  • Sassoon General Hospital, Poona, India: a queue of patients awaiting treatment. Wood engraving by C. Roberts after W. Simpson.
  • Sassoon General Hospital, Poona, India: a queue of patients awaiting treatment. Wood engraving by C. Roberts after W. Simpson.
  • Above, Algerians executing a Christian slave for attempting to escape by suspending him on hooks through hands and feet in a wooden frame; below, Algerians torturing a burglar by cutting off his hand, hanging it around his neck and tying him on a bull. Engraving by C. Grignion after W. Grainger.
  • Algerians torturing a burglar by cutting off his right hand, hanging it around his own neck and tying him on a bull with the remaining hand. Etching with engraving by Grignion after W. Grainger.
  • A collection of architectural fragments, called the Architectural Museum, in the loft of a building at Cannon Row, Westminster. Wood engraving by C. W. Sheeres after J. Brown, 1854.
  • James Watt. Stipple engraving by C. Picart, 1809, after W. Evans after Sir W. Beechey.
  • James Watt. Stipple engraving by C. Picart, 1809, after W. Evans after Sir W. Beechey.
  • Free Grammar school at Aldenham, Hertfordshire. Line engraving by J.C. Varrall after W.F. Pocock, 1825.
  • Matlock Bath from the hills, Derbyshire. Coloured line engraving by J.C. Varrall, 1840, after W.H. Bartlett.
  • Eglinton Lunatic Asylum, Cork, Ireland. Wood engraving by C. D. Laing, 1852, after W. Atkins.
  • Eglinton Lunatic Asylum, Cork, Ireland. Wood engraving by C. D. Laing, 1852, after W. Atkins.
  • In a chamber containing stuffed animals, a globe and astrological devices Hudibras, about to draw his sword, startles Sidrophel and Whacum. Aquatint by C. Rosenberg, 1799, after William Hogarth.
  • Henry Cavendish. Aquatint by C. Rosenberg after W. Alexander.
  • Antoine de Jussieu, with a vignette of the Tuileries. Stipple engraving by W. Evans, 1803, after Thévenin and T. Girtin.
  • The Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. Etching with aquatint by W. O. Geller, 1836, after T. Kearnan.
  • 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.