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Seven members of the French committee on vaccination rail against Tapp, who resists the new discovery. Line engraving, c. 1800.
Date: 1800Reference: 16128i
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A young man, in the presence of his father, is examined by an academic for admission to university. Etching by J. Bretherton after H.W. Bunbury.
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811Date: May 23. 1799Reference: 35692i
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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.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878Date: 1 August 1816Reference: 12212i- Pictures
Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington as nannies protect Lord John Russell and Lord Melbourne who are boys from the taunts of the junior Lords Lyndhurst and Brougham. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868Date: 21 July 1838Reference: 36807iPart of: HB sketches- Pictures
A man standing on a bank holds a large union flag which is wrapped around a group of six standing figures believed to be patriots. Engraving 1771.
Date: [1 June 1771]Reference: 584088i
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The evolution of a fox riding a goose into a writer seated at his typewriter (or a pianist?) - which in turn evolves into accordion, bellows, money-bag, and handcuffs; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.
Bennett, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829-1867Date: 1863Reference: 12101iPart of: The origin of species, dedicated by natural selection to Dr.
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A man (Lord Hartington) and his wife (Radicalism) having breakfast in a richly decorated room, the morning after a card party. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry after W. Hogarth, 17 October 1885.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764Date: 17 October 1885Reference: 565049i
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Daniel O'Connell and Joseph Hume encourage a dog with the head of Gisborne to leap at a bear with the head of Francis Bruen perching on a pole. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868Date: 30 March 1839Reference: 36873iPart of: HB sketches
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In a railway station, an elderly golfer is knocked down by a luggage porter whose attention has been distracted by a young woman. Watercolour by G.H. Thompson, ca. 1920.
Thompson, G. H. (George Henry), 1853-1953Date: 1920Reference: 571916i
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A busy day at the beach. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883Reference: 12151iPart of: Bird's-eye views of modern society
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Britannia as a patient who is in danger of death owing to disagreement between her three doctors over their competing remedies; representing the weakness of Britain during the replacement of Addington by Pitt as Prime Minister and the exclusion of Fox. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815Date: 20 May 1804Reference: 12194i
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An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop, with his wig on fire, angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768Reference: 22033i- Pictures
A cardinal singing a lullaby to a lion; representing an attempt by France to maintain the neutrality of the Netherlands in the War of Jenkins' Ear. Engraving after Bernetto, 1740.
Bernetto, active approximately 1740.Date: 15 January 1739Reference: 576022i- Pictures
A woman standing in profile to the right, leaning on a pillar, and wearing her hair dressed in an enormously high chignon decorated with a blue ribbon. Coloured line block by R. Ravót (?).
Reference: 33344i
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A sick man with a cold. Coloured lithograph, 1833.
Date: 1833Reference: 11899iPart of: Tregears flights of humor
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The Duke of Marlborough bursting out of his tomb to protest against a song about him which had become popular in France in 1782. Etching, 1783.
Date: 1783Reference: 42558i
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Five actors represented by English politicians are performing a pantomime while a (Quaker?) spectator is asleep in his chair. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1 January 1887.
Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.Date: 1 January 1887Reference: 565012i- Pictures
International Congress for the History of Medicine, Bucharest: four delegates. Process prints after E. Taru, 1932.
Taru, Eugen.Date: [1932]Reference: 568705i
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A sequence of eight images showing men shaving. Coloured etching, 1796, by G.M. Woodward after himself.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809Date: 16 April 1796Reference: 30918i
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Left, the sun depicting Disraeli is setting on a devastated land; right, the sun depicting Gladstone is rising, bringing hope and a blooming economy. Lithograph, 1879.
Date: [1879]Reference: 568558iPart of: Victorian album of political satires.
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Five doctors discussing their patient, Napoleon: one of the physicians is examining his rear end. Coloured etching, 1803.
Date: 26 [month?] 1803Reference: 12205i
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Four doctors discussing the case of Sir Toby Bumper, while he is recovering in bed from too much alcohol. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1807, after G.M. Woodward.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809Date: 26 February 1807Reference: 11632i
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A patient on his deathbed, representing the death of the Venetian Republic. Etching, ca. 1797.
Date: [1797?]Reference: 563599i
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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.
Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1828.Date: April 1829Reference: 12223i
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A barber about to shave an unwilling client with anthropomorphic participants. Reproduction of a coloured lithograph by Y.G.
Y. GReference: 11748i