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  • 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.
  • A barber-surgeons shop with animals in place of humans. Engraving, c. 1730, after E. van Heemskerck.
  • A barber-surgeons shop with animals in place of humans. Engraving, c. 1730, after E. van Heemskerck.
  • A monkey seated on a pile of books on a chair is playing the drum, looking at an upside down violin score. Wood engraving after Ph. Rousseau, 1861.
  • A sick frog is administered an enema by one of his companions; other frogs, some anthropomorphised, some not, stand by. Etching with drypoint by F-D. Hillemacher after N. Poussin, 1885.
  • An unkempt ape on crutches tells his mates that he has returned from being an experimental animal at a congress of gastroenterologists. Colour lithograph after G. De Finetti, ca. 1904.
  • Half-human, half-monkey barbers shaving a goat. Etching by G. van der Gucht after J. Wootton.
  • The lion dressed as king is presented with a bouquet of thistles by a mule while he is having his mane curled by a monkey dressed as coiffeur. Wood engraving by H. Linton after L. Bulewski after W. Kaulbach.
  • A battle between frogs and mice (Batrachomyomachia): a kite descends and kills the combatants. Etching.
  • Birds dressed as surgeons or medical students dissect a body. Pen drawing attributed to J. Grandville, 1829.
  • 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 fox, sitting on a tree trunk, is enticing a bear to poke its head in the hollow of the trunk, so as to trap the bear's head. Etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.
  • Reynard the fox is lowering himself into a well by sitting on the well-bucket, while the wolf is raised out of the well by the same move. Etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.
  • A fox dressed as a monk is greeting a passing hare with a walking stick. Etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.
  • A fox in a monk's habit is apparently deeply engrossed in praying while it approaches the chicken run outside the monastery. Etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.
  • A fox is petitioning the lion dressed as king, while injured animals surround the throne. Etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.
  • A fox, a monkey and a badger are deliberating directions at a crossing. Etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.
  • Inside the fox's abode, the old fox is stuffing a hare's head into a bag while the female fox is entertaining the young. Etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.
  • Two men exhibiting postures which express their character: on the left a man of 'brutal sensibility', on the right, a miser. Drawing by D.N. Chodowiecki, c. 1789.
  • A fox and a wolf are fighting each other in a pit with a crowd of animals looking on. Etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.