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  • Mary Toft (Tofts), who duped several doctors into believing she had given birth to a litter of rabbits: twelve episodes. Etching.
  • An obese man wooing a tall lean woman outside a mausoleum; representing dropsy and consumption. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.
  • An alchemist. Oil painting by E.C. Barnes.
  • An alchemist. Oil painting by E.C. Barnes.
  • An alchemist. Oil painting by E.C. Barnes.
  • An alchemist. Oil painting by E.C. Barnes.
  • An alchemist. Oil painting by E.C. Barnes.
  • The medical and physical journal.
  • The medical and physical journal.
  • J. St. John Long (a dubious medical practitioner) dressed as a funeral mourner surrounded by ducks and placards which advertise several malpractice cases of his in which patients died. Coloured etching attributed to A. Sharpshooter, 1830.
  • The dissection of the body of Tom Nero. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1751.
  • The dissection of the body of Tom Nero. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1751.
  • Silver King, a polar bear, being taken by ship away from his homeland. Colour lithograph.
  • A chemical lecture at the Surrey Institution. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after his drawing, 1809.
  • A chemical lecture at the Surrey Institution. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after his drawing, 1809.
  • An aged anatomist selecting his dissection instrument while a young woman tries to warn that his subject is alive. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.
  • Seven medical conditions humourously illustrated. Reproduction of an etching.
  • An aged anatomist selecting his dissection instrument while a young woman tries to warn that his subject is alive. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.
  • Ralph Allen making a speech to the Corporation of Bath. Etching by W. Hibbart, 1763.
  • Ralph Allen making a speech to the Corporation of Bath. Etching by W. Hibbart, 1763.
  • The Lord Mayor of London kneels before King George III and presents a remonstrance on behalf of the City of London: the king has no time to read it as he is preoccupied with making buttons. Engraving, 1770.
  • Paul Ferdinand Gachet. Etching by V. van Gogh, 1890.
  • Paul Ferdinand Gachet. Etching by V. van Gogh, 1890.
  • Paul Ferdinand Gachet. Etching by V. van Gogh, 1890.
  • John Hyde. Engraving by W. Sharp after R. Home. Engraving.
  • Mary Toft (Tofts) appearing to give birth to rabbits in the presence of several surgeons and man-midwives sent from London to examine her. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1726.
  • Mary Toft (Tofts) appearing to give birth to rabbits in the presence of several surgeons and man-midwives sent from London to examine her. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1726.
  • Doctor and Mrs Syntax, with other elderly people, taking laughing gas in the house of a tooth-drawer in Paris. Coloured aquatint, 1820.
  • Doctor and Mrs Syntax, with other elderly people, taking laughing gas in the house of a tooth-drawer in Paris. Coloured aquatint, 1820.
  • A human skeleton, seen from the front, with labels giving the latin names of the bones. Photograph after a woodcut after Hans Wechtlin, 1517.