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  • A large John Bull being held down and force-fed by Peel and Wellington; representing the idea of the Catholic emancipation as a breach of the constitution. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • A smartly dressed woman examining the head of a military man. Coloured etching attributed to W. Heath, ca 1830.
  • A woman is turning a wheel which is tightening the string around a girl's waist in order to make it smaller. Coloured etching by W. Heath, ca. 1830.
  • A woman is turning a wheel which is tightening the string around a girl's waist in order to make it smaller. Coloured etching by W. Heath, ca. 1830.
  • A smartly dressed woman examining the head of a military man. Coloured etching attributed to W. Heath, ca 1830.
  • A woman is turning a wheel which is tightening the string around a girl's waist in order to make it smaller. Coloured etching by W. Heath, ca. 1830.
  • Female apes in human clothes are brawling, restrained by male apes in human clothes. Etching by W. Heath.
  • The Duke of Wellington kisses the toe of the Pope, while Roobert Peel holds a rosary; representing Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching by William Heath, ca 1829.
  • A woman dropping her porcelain tea-cup in horror upon discovering the monstrous contents of a magnified drop of Thames water; revealing the impurity of London drinking water. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.
  • A woman dropping her porcelain tea-cup in horror upon discovering the monstrous contents of a magnified drop of Thames water; revealing the impurity of London drinking water. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.
  • A woman dropping her porcelain tea-cup in horror upon discovering the monstrous contents of a magnified drop of Thames water; revealing the impurity of London drinking water. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.
  • Two witches tell Macbeth (representing the Earl of Bute) that he will be king and another, holding a noose, says he will be "Knight - the first that ever graced the Scottish annals". Etching, 1762.
  • The Bastille, Paris. Line engraving by J.F. Borgnet after J.M. Gudin (?).
  • A politician out canvassing curses himself for climbing six floors to the room of an impoverished mother and her young offspring, none of whom are electorally valuable. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.
  • Bransby Blake Cooper, acquiring gold coins by his appointment to Guy's Hospital, is attacked by a lancet, representing the journal The lancet and its editor Thomas Wakley. Coloured etching by W. Heath (Paul Pry), 182-.
  • Prisoners in the French Revolution awaiting the summons to the guillotine. Engraving by Masson after Charles Muller.
  • Acting on AIDS : 29-31 March 1996 ... / ICA, Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Terrence Higgins Trust ; sponsored by Toshiba.
  • Acting on AIDS : 29-31 March 1996 ... / ICA, Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Terrence Higgins Trust ; sponsored by Toshiba.
  • Acting on AIDS : 29-31 March 1996 ... / ICA, Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Terrence Higgins Trust ; sponsored by Toshiba.
  • A.J. Balfour as Prime Minister asks John Bull to pay for increasingly costly policies, but eventually John Bull refuses. Drawing by David Wilson, 1905.
  • Acting on AIDS : 29-31 March 1996 ... / ICA, Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Terrence Higgins Trust ; sponsored by Toshiba.
  • Acting on AIDS : 29-31 March 1996 ... / ICA, Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Terrence Higgins Trust ; sponsored by Toshiba.
  • Acting on AIDS : 29-31 March 1996 ... / ICA, Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Terrence Higgins Trust ; sponsored by Toshiba.
  • Stop censorship of safer sex / NUS National Union of Students, Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Campaign, Outrage!.
  • A fiery demon representing the chaos of the Paris Commune and more generally, the infernal results of the ideals of the French Revolution. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1871.
  • The murder of Maria-Theresa of Savoy-Carignan, Princess of Lamballe: French revolutionaries dragging her naked, headless, body along the streets of Paris with her head on a pike. Etching by T. Wallis after W.M. Craig, 1815.
  • Maria-Theresa of Savoy-Carignan, Princess of Lamballe, is led out through the gates of La Force prison to the street in Paris where she is killed by the Revolutionary mob. Wood engraving.
  • United in anger : a history of ACT UP : directed by Jim Hubbard ... / Visual AIDS.
  • United in anger : a history of ACT UP : directed by Jim Hubbard ... / Visual AIDS.
  • Corruption in the British government under Walpole, and its opponents represented by Caleb D'Anvers: seven scenes. Engraving, 1731.