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  • Apparatus used by Galvani
  • The arrest of Robespierre after his failed suicide attempt. Steel engraving by A. Revel after T. Johannot.
  • Man who recovered after shooting himself through the head
  • A man in bedclothes prising insects (?) off his bed-curtains with a fork into a saucepan. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.
  • William Hogarth with a parody of the ideas expressed in his 'Analysis of beauty'. Etching by P. Sandby, 1753.
  • Francis Douce, on horseback. Mezzotint by J. McArdell after W. Keable.
  • Superintendent Durkin and Inspector Mackenzie enter the rooms of Mr Roberts in London and find him severely wounded after an encounter with Major Murray. Coloured lithograph, 1861.
  • A prostitute gives evidence to a magistrate: she points towards Tom Idle dividing loot with his accomplice, as a corpse is being disposed of through a trapdoor. Engraving by Thomas Cook, 1795, after William Hogarth.
  • A man suffering from depressed spirits ("hypochondria") being tormented by doleful spectres. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.
  • A man suffering from depressed spirits ("hypochondria"), being tormented by doleful spectres. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.
  • Vincente Valverde trying to persuade the Inca to convert to Christianity rather than be massacred by Pizzarro. Engraving by W. Greatbach after H.P. Briggs.
  • Recruitment and measurement of soldiers outside a village inn. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas, Spain: the town and its surrounding places, its armaments factory, inscribed tabernacles describing them, and dedications to King Ferdinand VI and the Conde de Aranda. Engraving by J.F. Palomino after J. Zameza after F.J. de Lamot, 1756.