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Burdett, Peel, O'Connell and Wellington in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare, suffocating John Bull with a rope; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching by A. Sharpshooter, 1829.
Sharpshooter, A.Date: [April 1829]Reference: 663317i
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The levels of hell depicted as circular stone tiers; purgatory lies outside its walls. Engraving.
Reference: 25063i
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An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1735.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 1735Reference: 20045i- Pictures
Sacra Conversazione; the Virgin in a mandorla worshipped by a pope and saints. Lithograph by G. Pilizotti after P. Vannucci, il Perugino.
Perugino, approximately 1450-1523.Reference: 21280i- Pictures
A little man attempts to claim his pension but is confronted by nonsensical bureaucracy. Colour process print after H. Nymark, 1977.
Nymark, Harald, 1925-Date: c. 1980Reference: 18197i
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Jesus and the apostles pass judgement on the dead, who emerge from square holes in the ground. Etching.
Reference: 25061i