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  • A woman spoon-feeding a man while he is on the toilet, perhaps as one would a child. Etching by D. Deuchar (?).
  • Ways in which you cannot catch the HIV virus from hugging to telephones; one of a series of fact sheets about AIDS and HIV. Colour lithograph.
  • A Scotsman in Highland dress seated with his legs down two latrines, grasping the "Act for establishing Popery"; representing the Scottish rejection of the Catholic Relief Act. Etching, 1779.
  • A man pulling a peculiar face as he is about to take some medicine. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1801, after J. Gillray.
  • A sick man stranded on the toilet after taking a laxative. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.
  • Three women having a discussion in a latrine. Coloured etching, 1801.
  • John Russell mixing a large concoction surrounded by a semi-circle of politicians on latrines; representing the Reform Bill which disenfranchised sixty 'rotten' boroughs. Coloured etching by C.J. Grant, 1831.
  • Three sick soldiers sharing a bed while another watches over them. Pen and ink drawing by Clarus.
  • Incinerator-latrine (field service.) : with hot water supply.
  • Physicians, representing the Holy League against the Turks, gather around the sick sultan; representing the Peace of Karlowitz. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, ca. 1700.
  • Kalk, Fett, Rost, Grünspan, Algen : Calmic cleaning compounds, wir helfen ihnen / Calmic GmbH.
  • Kalk, Fett, Rost, Grünspan, Algen : Calmic cleaning compounds, wir helfen ihnen / Calmic GmbH.
  • John Russell mixing a large concoction surrounded by a semi-circle of politicians on latrines; representing the Reform Bill which disenfranchised sixty 'rotten' boroughs. Coloured etching by C.J. Grant, 1831.
  • Kalk, Fett, Rost, Grünspan, Algen : Calmic cleaning compounds, wir helfen ihnen / Calmic GmbH.
  • A woman spoon-feeding a man while he is on the toilet, perhaps as one would a child. Etching by D. Deuchar (?).
  • A sick man stranded on the toilet after taking a laxative. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.
  • 'Dr. Dooreslaer' appearing with mythological figures and scenes of feasting and execution. Line engraving, c. 1650.
  • An old woman is praying for a man to come into her life while a young man is watching from a hole in the roof. Engraving by W. Davison, 181-.
  • A Scotsman using a lavatory for the first time, is seated on a latrine with his legs thrust down the holes in the board and his hands placed before him; his urine trickles over the edge of the toilet. Engraving by C. Mosley, 1745.
  • Morrell's patent self-acting ash screening closet : detailed plan for fixing with small vault below seat / Sanitary & Economic Manure Company Limited.
  • Timgad, North Africa: latrines in an excavated ancient ruin. Photograph by F.P. (?), ca. 1900 (?).
  • Suggested plans for the adoption of Turner and Robertshaw's dividable closet or improved pail system : patented 1879.
  • "Don't just sit there, Fred - get a house renovation grant." : If you need an inside lavoratory, proper bathroom or a hot water supply, see about a free grant at your town hall / Department of the Environment and the Welsh Office.
  • "Don't just sit there, George - get a house renovation grant." : If you need an inside lavoratory, proper bathroom or a hot water supply, see about a free grant at your town hall / Department of the Environment and the Welsh Office.
  • King George III and Queen Charlotte, seated at a latrine, receive with agitation news from William Pitt the younger, who tells them that the King of Sweden had been assassinated. Etching by J. Gillray, 1792.
  • A sick man stranded on the toilet after taking a laxative. Coloured etching after J. Gillray after J. Sneyd.
  • A sick man stranded on the toilet after taking a laxative. Coloured etching after J. Gillray after J. Sneyd.
  • Henry Addington as a medical practitioner bleeding the exhausted John Bull, assisted by other politicians; representing Britain's strength being sapped by nepotism in politics and by war with Napoleon. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1803.
  • Fly-proof latrines, Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt, in World War I: the Australian camp. Photograph, 1914/1918.