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  • The reception of King Louis Philippe after his disembarkation in the harbour of Calais. Lithograph by A. Mayer and V. Adam after E. Pingret, 1846.
  • Louis-Philippe, King of France, visiting the monument to Princess Charlotte in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Lithograph by A.J. B. Bayot after E.H.T. Pingret, 1846.
  • A decrepit Louis-Philippe is made ready for an enema by François Guizot; symbolising Guizot's domination of the French government towards the end of the July monarchy. Lithograph by J.E. Deshayes, c. 1848.
  • A pharmacist (Louis Phillippe) making up a prescription for a seated lady, surrounded by figures in apothecary jars; representing members of the French government and various political matters. Lithograph by J.I. Grandville, 1832.
  • St. Gothard Hospital, St. Gothard, Switzerland: Louis-Philippe, Duke of Chartres, travelling incognito, is turned away when seeking help from the hospital. Mezzotint by J. Franklin after H. Vernet.
  • At the Opéra ball, King Louis Philippe (centre) as a clown is confronted by Charles Philipon (right, representing the journal Caricature) and Louis Desnoyers (left, representing the journal Charivari), both dressed as jesters. Lithograph attributed to Korff, 1834.
  • Franz Joseph Gall examines the head of Louis-Philippe and finds bumps which indicate various virtuous qualities. Wood engraving, 1832.
  • Two devils in a laboratory produce statutes with the help of a genie; showing the repressive nature of the government of France under Louis-Philippe, especially concerning the freedom of the press. Lithograph by E. Le Poittevin, 1831.
  • Nidjb, a horse from Muscat (Oman) presented to King Louis Philippe of France, held by an African man. Coloured chalk lithograph by V.J. Adam, 1847.
  • A coach representing the quadruple alliance of England, France, Portugal and Spain is disabled owing to a broken wheel. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
  • A treaty between Louis XIV of France (left, attended by Cardinal Mazarin), and Philip IV of Spain. Stipple engraving with etching by E. Jeaurat after C. Le Brun, 1728.
  • The assassination of Henry IV, King of France, 1610: a tumultuous scene on the streets of Paris, in which the King's coach is stuck in traffic and the assassin fatally wounds the King in his coach. Etching by J. and C. Luyken.
  • The assassination of Henry IV, King of France, 1610: a tumultuous scene on the streets of Paris, in which the King's coach is stuck in traffic and the assassin fatally wounds the King in his coach. Etching by J. and C. Luyken.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi kneeling in prayer, holding a skull. Engraving by Alphonse Charles Masson, 1849, after Francisco Zurbarán.
  • Larevellière-Lépeaux sits in a disordered quack doctor's room, in the presence of seven wounded French generals, one of them vomiting; representing French defeats in 1799 and Bonaparte's failed imperial ambitions in the east. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata from Christ on the cross; friar in the foreground. Engraving by L.E. Vorsterman after P.P. Rubens, 1618.
  • A corpulent physician diagnoses more leeches for a young woman, who lies drained and bedbound. Lithograph by P. Numa, c. 1833.
  • The god Mercury, with Venus in the background, tries to teach Cupid to read. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1744, after Van-Loo le pere.
  • The god Mercury, with Venus in the background, tries to teach Cupid to read. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1744, after Van-Loo le pere.
  • A trio of quack doctors attending to Britannia: the Earl of Bute with an ass's head blindfolds a woman who is vomiting into a bowl held by Louis XV as a baboon: Tobias Smollett takes her pulse;while Henry Fox approaches her with a clyster-pipe; representing the loss of British assets to France in the Treaty of Paris. Etching attributed to Paul Sandby, 1762.
  • Wax models of the head and neck (figs 1-3), and of the right hemisphere of the brain (figs 4-5), made by G. G. Zumbo. Engraving by J. Robert after M. Basseporte, 1749.
  • A young woman is brought to visit a sick young man in the hope that her love will cure him; relatives and attendants are present. Coloured lithograph by Lafosse after P.-E. Destouches, ca. 1850/1879.
  • A young woman is brought to visit a sick young man in the hope that her love will cure him; relatives and attendants are present. Coloured lithograph by Lafosse after P.-E. Destouches, ca. 1850/1879.
  • Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris: part of the cabinet of natural and artificial curiosities. Engraving by F. Ertinger, 1688.
  • Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris: part of the cabinet of natural and artificial curiosities. Engraving by F. Ertinger, 1688.
  • Jacques de Molay, the last grand master of the Knights Templars, burnt alive as a lapsed heretic in Paris. Wood engraving by J. David.