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  • Abbey Token C14th; Edward III silver penny
  • Reverse of Abbey Token C14th; Edward III silver penny
  • A sick lady addressing her husband, and being nursed by three women. Mezzotint by V. Green after E. Penny, 1774.
  • A girl fainting and collapsing into the arms of a woman, in the background is a similar scene of a fainting man. Engraving by W. Sedgwick after E. Penny.
  • A young woman with folded hands giving thanks to heaven, an older woman points to a crowd carrying a young man wrapped in a blanket. Engraving by W. Sedgwick after E. Penny, 1780.
  • A girl fainting and collapsing into the arms of a woman, in the background is a similar scene of a fainting man. Engraving by W. Sedgwick after E. Penny.
  • A man with his gouty leg on a stool, a maid accidently pours boiling water over him and a small boy is stealing from his wallet, perhaps further punishment for his overindulgence. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1775, after E. Penny.
  • A sick lady addressing her husband, and being nursed by three women. Mezzotint by V. Green after E. Penny, 1774.
  • A young man in tricorn hat raises his glass in a toast to his lover. Etching by C. Ryley, c. 1792, after E. Penny.
  • A greedy medical practitioner demanding a section of bread or cake (?) for payment from a poor family. Stipple engraving by J. Baldrey, 1784, after E. Penny.
  • A greedy medical practitioner demanding a section of bread or cake (?) for payment from a poor family. Stipple engraving by J. Baldrey, 1784, after E. Penny.
  • Sir Astley Paston Cooper. Stipple engraving by H. Robinson after E. Penny.
  • A greedy medical practitioner demanding a section of bread or cake (?) for payment from a poor family. Colour stipple engraving by J. Baldrey, 1784, after E. Penny.
  • A generous physician refusing payment from a sick patient's wife. Stipple engraving by J. Baldrey, 1784, after E. Penny.
  • Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum / olim ab Edoardo Wottono, Conrado Gesnero, Thomaque Pennio inchoatum: tandem Tho. Moufeti Londinatis opera sumptibusque maximis concinnatum, auctum, perfectum: et ad vivum expressis iconibus supra quingentis illustratum.
  • 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.