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  • A rioter in the Gordon Riots has a cudgel in his hand and Newgate Prison is on fire in the background. Etching attributed to J. Gillray.
  • The death of Captain John Porteous in the Porteous Riots in Edinburgh in 1736. Etching by J. Tingle after T.M. Richardson, 1836.
  • St George's Fields, Southwark: anti-Catholic rioters in the Gordon riots wielding sticks, displaying banners, and setting buildings on fire. Etching, 1780.
  • Ten surgeons discussing the cause of death of George Clarke, who died in riots at an election at Brentford in 1768. Line engraving, 1769.
  • A regiment of clyster-wielding apothecaries orchestrated by General George Mouton de Lobau; representing his use of water-cannons in quelling riots. Lithograph by J.C., 1831.
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including riot, war, and shipwreck. Coloured lithograph, [c.1832?].
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including riot, war, and shipwreck. Coloured lithograph, [c.1850?].
  • A riot of samurai, their heads replaced by objects. Colour woodcut by Yoshitoshi, 1859.
  • A riot at the King's theatre, Haymarket, London, on 1 May 1813. Coloured etching by W.H. Brooke after Satirist, 1813.
  • Comte Lanceleau with a large clyster to disperse rioters. Lithograph, c. 1830.
  • Fairhill, the house of Joseph Priestley in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, after its destruction by rioters. Aquatint by W. Ellis after P.H. Witton, 1792.
  • Dartmoor Prison seen from above: troops firing on American prisoners of war during an insurrection in April 1815. Coloured lithograph after Clover Broughton.
  • Bartholomew fair in London represented as a place where crowds of people watch entertainments inspired by the devil, and indulge in drunkenness and fighting; demons incite them to crime. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1832.
  • École de Médecine, Paris. Lithograph.
  • Above, a dagger is thrown in the direction of a priest on a platform; below, monks pointing at and showing signs of distress at the sight of a cat hanged in a priest's habit. Engraving with etching, 1812.
  • Men with clubs break down the door of a London brothel to take their revenge for being robbed. Engraving, ca. 1795.
  • Characters from the play 'The chosen people' (The Jews, Evrei), at the Avenue Theatre. Pen drawing by A.S. Boyd, 1925.
  • General Georges Mouton sits perched on an enormous clyster; representing his use of a prototype water-cannon in quelling an uprising. Lithograph after A. Desperret after Charles Philipon, c. 1831.
  • A hybrid of a cannon and a clyster is attended by General Georges Mouton and Gabriel Delessert, the chief of police; representing their use of the water-cannon to dispel an uprising. Coloured lithograph.
  • Casebook of St Bartholomew's
  • Casebook of St Bartholomew's
  • Men with hangovers after a night's heavy drinking; advertising Eno's Fruit Salt. Wood-engraving, 18--, by Dalziel after A. Claxton.
  • A prisoner in Sing Sing Prison, New York, having water poured over him by a guard as a punishment, while restrained at the ankles and wrists: he dies. Wood engraving, 1869.
  • Saint John the Evangelist. Stipple engraving by L.C. Ruotte the elder, 1787, after C. Maratta.
  • John Bull being examined by eight doctors representing politicians, who diagnose his illness as cholera. Lithograph, ca. 1832.
  • The sun wearing a headband with a star, against a backdrop of hearts; advertising a Christopher Street Day Gala in Cologne on 7 July 1995. Colour lithograph by Gerhard Malcherek, 1995.
  • A madman designated as the poet Nathaniel Lee in Bethlem Hospital. Mezzotint by J. Watts, 1778.
  • A meeting of a Calves-Head Club for Whig gentlemen who celebrate the execution of King Charles I. Engraving, 1734.
  • A group of men wearing black and white cheque head-scarves pull a rope across a yellow winning line on a chequered floor with the words 'pride' and care' across the background; the calendar months for 1993 and 1994 below highlight Lesbian and Gay Week in the City of Vancouver, AIDS Awareness Week and World AIDS Day; calandar by AIDS Vancouver. Colour lithograph by Tom Lovis and Ion Design, Inc.
  • Personifications of law, medicine and theology argue over the superiority of their respective professions. Engraving by GWHWHNM, ca. 1720.