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  • Six kittens in a canopied bed woken by a mouse; three candles in the foreground. Watercolour by G. Hope Tait, ca. 1900.
  • Frogs conducting a duel: one frog has killed another with his sword, watched by their seconds. Photograph by J.P. Soule, 1876, after a drawing.
  • Fish in human situations. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1832.
  • A red deer stag rutting on a hill by Balmoral Castle. Colour reproduction of a wood engraving after J Wolf, 1863.
  • A schoolroom with animals as teachers and pupils. Engraving after E. van Heemskerck.
  • An anatomy lesson in an apothecary shop; represented by anthropomorphic participants. Engraving after Egbert von Heemskerck, ca. 1730-79.
  • A lobster seated at a table, serving itself from a bowl of salad. Drawing by G. Hope Tait, ca. 1900.
  • Three hunting dogs chasing a porcupine. Etching after A. Hondius, 1679.
  • A monkey barber-surgeon's establishment. Oil painting after David Teniers the younger.
  • A dog, dressed as a scientist, performing an experiment on a human being; representing vivisection. Reproduction of a drawing after OBC(?).
  • Three cats performing a song and dance act. Gouache by Louis Wain, 1925/1939.
  • Three cats singing. Gouache by Louis Wain, 1925/1939.
  • A monkey dressed as a rat-catcher, smokes a pipe, and holds a pole with a wooden box attached to it (containing rat poison) from which dead rats dangle. Pencil drawing with watercolour by Fernand Pelez de Cordova.
  • A monkey barber-surgeon's establishment. Oil painting after David Teniers the younger.
  • A procession of animals carrying guns and playing music is following a standard-bearing wolf on to a market place. Colour lithograph attributed to J.F.L. Dreier.
  • Three cats performing a song and dance act. Gouache by Louis Wain, 1925/1939.
  • A schoolroom with animals as teachers and pupils. Engraving by W.H. Toms after E. van Heemskerck.
  • A monkey shaving a cat's whiskers. Coloured etching by E. Keatinge.
  • A doctor examining his patient; represented by a bloodhound with a terrier. Lithograph after W.J. Allen.
  • An elephant seated in an armchair is being weighed by a small dog. Watercolour by G. Hope Tait, ca. 1900.
  • Animals posing as human beings in an interior of a barber-surgeon's shop. Mezzotint.
  • Interior of a phlebotomist's shop with anthropomorphic participants. Lithograph by J.D. Harding, 1828, after E. Bristow.
  • A monkey barber-surgeon's establishment. Oil painting after David Teniers the younger.
  • A monkey barber-surgeon's establishment. Oil painting after David Teniers the younger.
  • A lobster seated at a table, serving itself from a bowl of salad. Drawing by G. Hope Tait, ca. 1900.
  • Interior of a phlebotomist's shop with anthropomorphic participants. Coloured lithograph by J.D. Harding after E. Bristowe.
  • Storks dressed as guards. Watercolour by G. Hope Tait, ca. 1900.
  • Two mothers with crying babies and one in a walking frame; comparing the human infant's helplessness with the self-sufficiency of newborn animals. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563.
  • Two mothers with crying babies and one in a walking frame; comparing the human infant's helplessness with the self-sufficiency of newborn animals. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563.
  • A barber-surgeons shop with animals in place of humans. Engraving, c. 1730, after E. van Heemskerck.