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  • A gouty man savouring his feast. Coloured aquatint by G. Hunt after E.Y.
  • Linqing, China: a crowd gathered around a stand to watch a puppet show with music. Engraving by G. Paterson after T. Allom.
  • Chinese opium smokers in a saloon experiencing various effects of the drug. Engraving by G. Paterson, 1843, after T. Allom.
  • Chinese opium smokers in a saloon experiencing various effects of the drug. Engraving by G. Paterson, 1843, after T. Allom.
  • A Chinese silk manufactory: workers dyeing and winding the silk. Engraving by G. Paterson, 1843, after T. Allom.
  • The blind school, Southwark. Engraving, 1834, after H. West.
  • The Ickworth Imperatrice plum (Prunus domestica cv.): fruiting branch. Coloured etching by G. Barclay, c. 1842, after S. Drake.
  • A physiognomist whose body is entirely made up of faces, sitting at a table diagnosing people's physiognomic characteristics with the help of a book. Coloured lithograph by G.E. Madeley after G. Spratt, 1831.
  • An orchid (Cattleya guttata): flowers, leafy stem and petal. Coloured etching by G. Barclay, c. 1842, after Miss Drake.
  • A plant (Achimenes longiflora): flowering stems. Coloured etching by G. Barclay, c. 1842, after Miss Drake.
  • An indigo plant (Indigofera stachyoides): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving by G. Barclay, c. 1843, after S. Drake.
  • A Chinese man carrying the cangue around his neck as a punishment is being fed by a woman; a guard holding a whip stands next to him. Engraving by G. Paterson after T. Allom after W. Varnham, 1843.
  • The blind school, Southwark. Coloured engraving by R. Acon, 1829, after T. H. Shepherd.
  • The blind school, Southwark. Coloured engraving by R. Acon, 1829, after T. H. Shepherd.
  • A tropical orchid (Coelia baueriana): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving by G. Barclay, c. 1842, after S. Drake.
  • A tropical orchid (Bulbophyllum species): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving by G. Barclay, c. 1842, after S. Drake.
  • A begonia plant (Begonia crassicaulis): flowering stems and leaf. Coloured engraving by G. Barclay, c. 1842, after S. Drake.
  • An orchid (Vanda cristata): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by G. Barclay, c. 1842, after S. Drake.
  • A tropical plant (Barnadesia rosea): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving by G. Barclay, c. 1843, after S. Drake.
  • Nonsense talked by a cobbler compared to the talk of a parson and a surgeon-apothecary. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams, ca. 1812.
  • Nonsense talked by a cobbler compared to the talk of a parson and a surgeon-apothecary. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams, ca. 1812.
  • Four donkeys inhaling foetid gas and having their backs scrubbed with vitriol; representing John St. John Long's fatal method of therapy. Etching by H. Heath, 1830.
  • King George IV and entourage laden with provisions, about to embark from Brighton in the Royal Yacht; representing the extravagant monarch's distressed retreat from England at the time of the Queen's trial. Coloured etching by R. Cruikshank, 1820.
  • A mandarin falls back fainting onto a settee, attended by three ladies and a man all in Chinese dress; representing the King's anguish at the bill (which condemned the Queen's adultery and reduced her rights) being thrown out. Coloured etching, 1820.
  • 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.
  • The Prince Regent presenting to political ministers the expected baby of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, who urinates in their faces; representing the burden of taxation required by the Royal family. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1816.