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  • Three people drinking punch as a cure for (right to left) gout, colic, and phthisis. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • A gouty man in a Bath chair out shooting with his dogs, his black servant sniggers behind him. Engraving.
  • Mediaeval torturers torture a gout-sufferer; representing the view attributed to Fabricius von Hilden that gout could be cured by torture. Colour process print after D.T. de Losques, 1910.
  • A quack doctor offering a gouty John Bull some medicine while conventional doctors are turned away; referring to British politics. Coloured lithograph attributed to J. Doyle.
  • A horrified gouty man discovering grass is growing out of his skin, as a result of taking J. Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1835.
  • A doctor visiting a patient and advising him against drinking alcohol, the patient responds by inviting him to dinner and some port, in order to avoid jury service. Wood engraving by C. Keane, 1865.
  • A gouty man startled by death; represented as a skeletal figure wielding an arrow. Mezzotint, 1794.
  • A gouty man who is drinking wine and playing the cello; the pain is represented by a devil burning his foot. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A gouty man surrounded by horse-riding accoutrements. Coloured engraving by Maddox after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A disgruntled gouty man with all limbs bandaged, a table covered in medicine bottles is next to him. Coloured lithograph by H. Heath.
  • A disgruntled gouty man ringing a bell for his servant who is just leaving the room. Etching.
  • Above, treatment of gout, below, obstetrics. Engraving.
  • A sick old man with the woes of old age. Engraving by B. Lépicié, 1745, after Etienne Jeaurat.
  • A gouty man savouring his feast. Coloured aquatint by G. Hunt after E.Y.
  • Country folk pushing a lawyer, a physician and a gouty vicar in wheelbarrows out of their village. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1819.
  • A sick man gazes in a melancholy way, while his family and pets play. Coloured etching, c. 1820.
  • George, Prince Regent, in uniform holding out a swollen hand which is supported by Wellington; representing the enormous amount of money given to the army compared with the navy. Coloured lithograph, 1816.
  • The gouty Prince Regent being helped on to his horse by Chinese assistants using an elaborate contraption outside the Chinese pagoda in Kew Gardens. Coloured etching attributed to Charles Williams, 1816.
  • A man with gout who finds the remedies worse than the disease. Etching by T.L. Busby, 182-.
  • Three men wearing orthopedic apparatus exercising; another is strapped into leg braces. Aquatint by P. Sandby (?), 1783.
  • The gouty King George IV relaxing before nine portraits chronicling his past extravagant styles of dress; representing the King's attempt to withdraw from public ridicule. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1824.
  • An obese gouty man with his feet in buckets. Coloured aquatint.
  • A seated gouty man with his bandaged leg on a gout stool. Coloured pencil drawing.
  • A gouty man seeking comfort in licentious surroundings. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1785.
  • The gouty George IV using tongs to pass his discarded wig to Wellington; representing the Duke's appointment to office as First Lord of the Treasury. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.
  • Three miserable men suffering from gout, toothache and flu sitting around a table. Coloured lithograph.
  • An obese gouty man exclaiming angrily. Coloured etching by N. Heideloff, 1806, after G. Sauley.
  • Above, treatment of gout, below, obstetrics. Engraving.
  • Doctor Bossy, an infamous medicine vendor, selling his wares to a crowd of sick and lame people at Covent Garden, London. Etching, 1795, after A. van Assen.
  • A gouty patient having his pulse taken by a doctor; representing George IV's opposition to Catholic emancipation, and Wellington's support of it. Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1829.