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  • Boys receiving their wages camp at Jebel Moya, Sudan.
  • Soldiers, Infantry, being paid their wages by the Roman government, while the Cavalry are seen fending for themselves
  • A labourer asks a gentleman for his wages so that he may get drunk; both represented as dwarfs. Coloured etching after M. Engelbrecht, 1715.
  • A patient exclaiming to his dentist that the cost of having a tooth pulled is the same as his wages for an hour. Reproduction of a drawing after B. Prance, 1927.
  • Four cherubs shout out to God requests to punish the four worst sins of mankind: murder, sodomy, oppression of the poor, and failure to pay due wages. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.
  • Nepal; Sherpa porters in the Khumbu, 1986. Well-dressed Sherpa porters prepare for a trekking expedition organised for a party of western vacationists. They will guide, bring up the rear, cook and strike camp. Such expeditions pay cash wages far in excess of anything Sherpas could hope to earn elsewhere and such income is invested in loans, cattle, land, tradeable articles and jewellery. Until the influx of mountaineering expeditions following Hillary's Everest climb (1953), western medicine was unknown in the Khumbu. Distribution of mainly analgesic and antibiotic drugs has led to misuse.
  • Sir Thomas Stevenson. Colour lithograph by A.G. Witherby [Wag], 1899.
  • Condom case : holds 3 condoms / Evolution, designed and made in the UK ; design: WAG Products.
  • Condom case : holds 3 condoms / Evolution, designed and made in the UK ; design: WAG Products.
  • Condom case : holds 3 condoms / Evolution, designed and made in the UK ; design: WAG Products.
  • Condom case : holds 3 condoms / Evolution, designed and made in the UK ; design: WAG Products.
  • Friedrich August Ludwig von Burgsdorf. Line engraving by J. C. Krüger after Wagener.
  • A man seated at a bar table, drinking excessively and smoking a cigarette while complaining about expenditure. Colour lithograph, 196-, by J. Wiktorowski.
  • A traffic signal that is bent and broken, with a vodka bottle jammed in its stem; representing vodka as a cause of driving accidents. Colour lithograph, 19--.
  • A skeleton and a devil flank a coat of arms. Etching, 1807.
  • The Sack of Rome, 1527.
  • A man, half human and half skeleton. Coloured etching after R. Dighton, 17--.
  • Where's the roast beef of old England? : a new song : tune- O the roast beef of old England.
  • A new doctor being vetted by a local parish committee. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • Radish (Raphanus caudatus): flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • A young man puts his head through the window of a barber's shop where glass has been replaced by paper; the barber inside responds by putting his head through another paper pane: a man and two women walk by. Coloured etching by A. Mills, 1806.
  • Two young men wake up in bed with headaches on Sunday morning after much drinking the night before. Colour lithograph, 1913.
  • Two young men wake up in bed with headaches on Sunday morning after much drinking the night before. Colour lithograph, 1913.
  • A storm of thunder and lightning, rain, wind and floods threaten an ancient town on the sea-coast; representing conflict. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • I.D. Waterman, seated, cross-legged, holding a carte de visite photograph. Photograph by C.W. Terpening, 1876.
  • I.D. Waterman, seated, cross-legged, holding a carte de visite photograph. Photograph by C.W. Terpening, 1876.
  • A figure comprised of medicine bottles and tablets, representing the patent medicine business, dances behind a pensive Lloyd George; representing attitudes to the introduction of the National Insurance Act of 1911. Wood engraving by B. Partridge, 1912.
  • A figure comprised of medicine bottles and tablets, representing the patent medicine business, dances behind a pensive Lloyd George; representing attitudes to the introduction of the National Insurance Act of 1911. Wood engraving by B. Partridge, 1912.
  • Bluebeard (Salvia viridis L.): two entire flowering stems numbered 1 and 2, with separate segments of flower, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • Professor Paul Ehrlich and Doctor Hata. Process print, ca. 1913.