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  • Mr. Lambkin drunk on champagne sitting in a carriage at Epsom with lots of other drunken bachelors. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • Mr. Lambkin in an old bachelors' club, completely recovered from his illness and contemplating the errors of his ways. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • A doctor taking the pulse of a gouty bachelor surrounded by the consequences of his life style. Mezzotint, ca. 1770.
  • An Irish bachelor sits threading a needle to mend his ragged clothes. Lithograph by T. Maguire, 1855, after E. Nicol.
  • A bachelor cooking on a gas stove; advertising gas cookers provided by the Newcastle-upon-Tyne & Gateshead Gas Co. Process print, 1905.
  • A bachelor cooking on a gas stove; advertising gas cookers provided by the Newcastle-upon-Tyne & Gateshead Gas Co. Process print, 1905.
  • A physician (William Cullen?) taking the pulse of a gouty bachelor as he receives a paternity claim. Oil painting formerly attributed to John Kay.
  • A physician (William Cullen?) taking the pulse of a gouty bachelor as he receives a paternity claim. Oil painting formerly attributed to John Kay.
  • A baby has been left outside the town-house of an old bachelor, and a young woman watches from the corner of the street. Engraving, 1794.
  • Cornflower or bachelor's-buttons (Centaurea cyanus L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
  • An unmarried man sits alone smoking a pipe by the fire and pondering the pros and cons of marriage. Colour process print after Rutherford, 191-.
  • An unmarried man sits alone smoking a pipe by the fire and pondering the pros and cons of marriage. Colour process print after Rutherford, 191-.
  • Mr. Lambkin trying to find a new cure for his illness; riding a horse in wet clothes. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • Mr. Lambkin ill trying the recuperative powers of walking and drinking fresh milk. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • Mr. Lambkin playing the fool at a picnic with his loved one and friends. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • Mr. Lambkin (right) being introduced to a ballet dancer. Lithograph after G. Cruikshank.
  • Mr. Lambkin (right) being introduced to a ballet dancer. Lithograph after G. Cruikshank.
  • Mr. Lambkin and friends in court before a magistrate for being drunken and disorderly. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • Mr. Lambkin behaving in a drunken and disorderly manner resulting in being restrained and arrested by a policeman. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • Mr. Lambkin walking down a street on his way to court a lady, unknown to him a placard has been stuck on to his back declaring his intentions to all. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • Mr. Lambkin enjoying some wine in the company of friends. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • Mr. Lambkin suffering from excess food and wine, his friends try to make him feel better. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • Mr. Lambkin at home ill from overindulgence being visited by a doctor friend. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • Mr. Lambkin at a party with some unsavoury looking company. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • Mr. Lambkin in bed undergoing hydrotherapy with a follower of V. Priessnitz. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • Mr. Lambkin drunkenly dancing the polka and knocking over a tray of coffee, while his loved one looks on in a dismayed manner. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • Mr. Lambkin dressing up in front of a mirror. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • Mr. Lambkin out walking in Kensington Gardens hoping to bump into his loved one, he discovers her on the arm of another man which causes him much jealousy. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • Mr. Lambkin ill with his feet in warm water being nursed by Mrs. Slops. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • Trophies of a headhunter's house of the Chang Naga tribe, India, including human skulls. Photograph.