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  • A parson being put into bed with an ass dressed in a frilled nightgown, as a practical joke. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1814.
  • A boy appearing to two girls as a ghost. Stipple engraving after R. Westall.
  • Two university teachers walking in a crypt are tripped up and assaulted by students. Coloured etching by Thomas Rowlandson, 1811.
  • Road-racers on hand-cycles (above); a Japanese joins together with a rod the shoes of two Europeans so that they cannot walk (below). Colour process print, 1909.
  • A surgeon applying the method of cupping to Ragotin, who believes his body has swelled in his sleep. Engraving by G. Huquier the elder after J.B. Oudry.
  • A surgeon applying the method of cupping to Ragotin, who believes his body has swelled in his sleep. Engraving by G. Huquier the elder after J.B. Oudry.
  • A surgeon bleeding Ragotin's arm - upon waking and attempting to get dressed he discovered his clothes were too tight and he believes his body has swollen in the night. Engraving.
  • As Lord Glenelg slumbers in a chair Lord Melbourne takes from his pocket the colonial seals and Lord Duncannon takes the privy seals. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
  • Mrs Pottleton thinks her husband is going to give her a harmonium but he gives her a sewing machine instead. Wood engraving after C. Keene, 1869.