Wellcome uses cookies.

Read our policy
Wellcome Collection homepage
All
Stories
Images
Catalogue
Events
33 results
  • A young couple in Regency costume enjoy an excursion in a canopied boat on the river. Colour wood engraving by Leighton Bros., 18--.
  • The Regent approaching Lady Hertford who is giving birth to fully dressed little men, Perceval (dressed as a nurse) helps them stand up; representing additions to the ministry after the removal of the Regency restrictions. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1812.
  • Fox running out of the House of Commons in the middle of a debate with William Pitt the younger about the Regency crisis: he is excreting as he runs, which refers to a bout of dysentery he caught on route from Bologna. Etching by J. Gillray, 1788.
  • Fishermen at Brighton, and women outside a bathing hut at Brighton. Lithograph after L. Parez.
  • A female memento mori figure used for spiritual contemplation
  • A male memento mori figure used for spiritual contemplation
  • A male memento mori figure used for spiritual contemplation
  • A female memento mori figure used for spiritual contemplation
  • A female memento mori figure used for spiritual contemplation
  • A male memento mori figure used for spiritual contemplation
  • William Bromfield. Coloured engraving by D. Orme, 1792, after R. Cosway.
  • William Bromfield. Coloured engraving by D. Orme, 1792, after R. Cosway.
  • William Pitt the younger and his ministers as anatomists dissecting the body of the Prince of Wales; representing Pitt's reduction of the powers of the regent. Coloured etching by Thomas Rowlandson, 1788/1789.
  • William Pitt the younger and his ministers as anatomists dissecting the body of the Prince of Wales; representing Pitt's reduction of the powers of the regent. Coloured etching by Thomas Rowlandson, 1788/1789.
  • The three holy women lament over the dead body of Christ. Coloured mezzotint by V. Green, 1800, after Maria Cosway, 1799.
  • Jean Bonnoit de Mainauduc. Stipple engraving by P. Condé after R. Cosway.
  • Jean Bonnoit de Mainauduc. Stipple engraving by P. Condé after R. Cosway.
  • Fred Roper's wonderful midgets : the china clock ballet.
  • Fred Roper's wonderful midgets : the china clock ballet.
  • Tom and Jerry at Jerry's house in Somerset with their companions seated around a fireplace, with a man reading something amusing. Aquatint by R. Cruikshank, 1830.
  • Chivers' Orchard factory products sold and recommended by ... / Chivers & Sons, Ltd.
  • Chivers' Orchard factory products sold and recommended by ... / Chivers & Sons, Ltd.
  • Chivers' Orchard factory products sold and recommended by ... / Chivers & Sons, Ltd.
  • Chivers' Orchard factory products sold and recommended by ... / Chivers & Sons, Ltd.
  • Chivers' Orchard factory products sold and recommended by ... / Chivers & Sons, Ltd.
  • Chivers' Orchard factory products sold and recommended by ... / Chivers & Sons, Ltd.
  • The funeral procession of Tom and Jerry, the mourners including gamblers, pugilists and down-and-outs. Coloured aquatint by G. Cruikshank, 1823.
  • The ministry of Spencer Perceval defending their government, represented as a citadel, against attack by Opposition politicians. Coloured etching by S. De Wilde, 1811.
  • Robert Peel as a pugilist attacking night watchmen with the intention of replacing them by the police force. Etching by Paul Pry (W. Heath).
  • Phyllis Johnson, a prostitute with her name and price. Etching by a follower of Wenceslaus Hollar, 180- (?).