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  • Parody coat of arms of a united company of surgeons and barbers. Drawing (?) by John Marshall, 1798.
  • Parody coat of arms of a united company of surgeons and barbers. Drawing (?) by John Marshall, 1798.
  • Parody coat of arms of a united company of surgeons and barbers. Drawing (?) by John Marshall, 1798.
  • Parody coat of arms of a united company of surgeons and barbers. Drawing (?) by John Marshall, 1798.
  • Sixteen feet in profile, of women and men: a parody of phrenology. Coloured etching.
  • Sixteen feet in profile, of women and men: a parody of phrenology. Coloured etching.
  • A parody of a European woman. Gouache painting by a Persian artist, Qajar period.
  • Sixteen feet in profile, of women and men: a parody of phrenology. Coloured etching.
  • Sixteen feet in profile, of women and men: a parody of phrenology. Coloured etching.
  • Parody of the Anatomy lesson of Dr Tulp, representing contemporary politicians (?) in Vienna. Process print after H. Einer after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1924.
  • Parody of the Anatomy lesson of Dr Tulp, representing contemporary politicians (?) in Vienna. Process print after H. Einer after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1924.
  • A student lecturing to other students in a parody of an academic lecture. Etching by George Cruikshank.
  • William Hogarth with a parody of the ideas expressed in his 'Analysis of beauty'. Etching by P. Sandby, 1753.
  • A strongman has his hair combed by a lady; a parody of Samson and Delilah. Colour process print after E. Schlemo, 19--.
  • A strongman has his hair combed by a lady; a parody of Samson and Delilah. Colour process print after E. Schlemo, 19--.
  • Wigs classified into five different orders in a parody of the orders of ancient Greek and Roman architecture. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1761.
  • A skeletal figure surveying three doctors around a cauldron, a parody of Macbeth and the three witches; promoting James Morison's alternative medicines. Lithograph.
  • A skeletal figure surveying three doctors around a cauldron, a parody of Macbeth and the three witches; promoting James Morison's alternative medicines. Lithograph.
  • Two physicians are reconciled by another, overseen by a duck-like parody of the Holy Ghost. Lithograph by F.E. Regamey after himself.
  • A guardian angel is carrying a child up into the sky to an altar dedicated to a parody of the Virgin. Etching by James Gillray, 1805.
  • Science: a parody frontispiece to the Penny Magazine, with humorous representations of the "March of intellect" movement. Lithograph by G. Davies, 1832, after C.J. Grant.
  • "South Pole Ahoy!", from 'Life Magazine', parody claiming that the South Pole has been reached by the magazine's representatives and mentioning both Robert Peary and Frederick Cook.
  • "South Pole Ahoy!", from 'Life Magazine', parody claining that the South Pole has been reached by the magazine's representatives and mentioning both Robert Peary and Frederick Cook.
  • "South Pole Ahoy!", from 'Life Magazine', parody claining that the South Pole has been reached by the magazine's representatives and mentioning both Robert Peary and Frederick Cook.
  • A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.
  • A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.
  • A new apothecary's shop open for business, with parody advertisements for different potions; representing the remedies required for different professions and social types. Coloured etching after G.M. Woodward, 1802.
  • A new apothecary's shop open for business, with parody advertisements for different potions; representing the remedies required for different professions and social types. Coloured etching after G.M. Woodward, 1802.
  • A new apothecary's shop open for business, with parody advertisements for different potions; representing the remedies required for different professions and social types. Coloured etching after G.M. Woodward, 1802.
  • A new apothecary's shop open for business, with parody advertisements for different potions; representing the remedies required for different professions and social types. Coloured etching after G.M. Woodward, 1802.