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  • Philip Doddridge as a child being taught the Old and New Testaments by his mother using ceramic tiles around the fireplace. Engraving by G. Presbury after J. Franklin.
  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: the Prague School for Arts and Crafts exhibit: an art nouveau interior with a decorative fireplace and wooden panelling. Photograph, 1904.
  • A standing man talks to an ill lady seated in an armchair by a fireplace, recommending her to drink the tonic wine Quina Laroche to restore her health; advertising Quina Laroche. Wood engraving by Minne, ca. 1880.
  • An accident in front of a fireplace: a young lady and two young men fall injured to the ground next to two guns while billowing smoke fills the room. Engraving by J.W. Cook after W. Harvey.
  • In a room hung with black drapes to show mourning, Ramble Gripe, in the company of a pregnant woman holding out a ring, and her mother with a letter, is measured by a tailor; a coffin lid leans against the fireplace. Engraving by Thomas Bowles, 1735.
  • A young black man playing the violin for a white family in their house: a man, his wife and their two children are dancing by the fireplace while an old lady is seated on a bench. Colour lithograph by Jas. F. Queen, 1877, after A. Dircks.
  • A father-to-be is being reassured by the family physician. Reproduction of a drawing after F. Reynolds, 1928.
  • Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800.
  • Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800.
  • A man standing by a fire place, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800.
  • A man standing by a fire place, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800.
  • A man standing by a fire place, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured lithograph after J. Gillray.
  • A neighbour checking on an old sick man and enquiring about what the doctor has said, the old man retorts that he has recommended exercise. Wood engraving by G. King, 1907.
  • A man standing by a fire place, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800.
  • A man standing by a fire place, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800.
  • Mr Punch wrapped up in blankets in front of the fire, eating gruel and suffering from influenza. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • Two chimney sweeps, one of them is feeling ill and taking medicine. Coloured lithograph.
  • A doctor asking a patient's wife if she has taken his temperature; she replies that she used the barometer to take his temperature and that, as he was very dry she gave him some beer. Wood engraving by G. King, 1911.
  • A convalescing old lady asking her health visitor if she has recovered from her bout of flu. Wood engraving by L. Raven-Hill, 1912.
  • The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 28 Portman Square, London: the Director's Room, c. 1954. Photograph.
  • Mr. Punch wrapped up in blankets in front of the fire, eating gruel and suffering from influenza. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • A woman taking a large knife and scissors to the corns on her feet. Coloured lithograph after J. Gillray.
  • A woman taking a large knife and scissors to the corns on her feet. Coloured lithograph after J. Gillray.
  • A hypochondriac at home with his anxious nurse. Wood engraving.
  • Two men at a fireside table taking snuff; remarks on snuff-taking below. Coloured etching, c. 1825.
  • Two men at a fireside table taking snuff; remarks on snuff-taking below. Coloured etching, c. 1825.
  • A stereotypical satire of the Scottish. Coloured etching by W.E., 1811.
  • A drunken man sits at home with his family who must pawn their clothes to pay for his habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • A haggard old woman taking a large file to the corns on her feet. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800, after himself.
  • A haggard old woman taking a large file to the corns on her feet. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800, after himself.