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An obese midwife on her way to a labour in the early hours of the morning. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 12 February 1811Reference: 16984iPart of: Tegg's caricatures- Pictures
William Cobbett dressed as a farmer marches out of step towards the sea behind a recruiting serjeant and a drummer-boy. Etching by J. Gillray, 1809.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 29 September 1809Reference: 603148iPart of: The life of William Cobbett, - written by himself- Pictures
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A man suffering from attack by blue devils; representing depression or mental illness. Coloured etching after R. Newton, 1795.
Newton, Richard, 1777-1798.Reference: 11867i- Pictures
William Cobbett is joined by six drunkards who applaud his toast of "damnation to the House of Brunswick"; representing British parliamentary reform. Etching by J. Gillray, ca. 1809.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 29 September 1809Reference: 26481iPart of: The life of William Cobbett, - written by himself- Pictures
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People and carriages converging on Buckingham House - being met by a fire-breathing monster; representing the King's cancellation of the 'Drawing Room' because of contracting gout. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1823.
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.Date: 28 April 1823Reference: 12217i- Pictures
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A sick man stranded on the toilet after taking a laxative. Coloured etching after J. Gillray after J. Sneyd.
Sneyd, John.Reference: 12045i- Pictures
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A sick man stranded on the toilet after taking a laxative. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.
Sneyd, John.Date: 28 January 1804Reference: 12043i- Pictures
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A farmer telling his family, a doctor, a vicar and a lawyer his last will and testament. Coloured etching by H.W. Bunbury, 1809?, after G.M. Woodward.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.Date: 1809Reference: 11225i- Pictures
A doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction examines his deflated countenance in a mirror. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850.Date: July 1827Reference: 11809i- Pictures
A doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction examines his deflated countenance in a mirror. Coloured etching by J.P.M. Jazet after H. Heath.
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850.Reference: 11810iPart of: Arithmetic- Pictures
Six vignettes of self-help hydrotherapy. Etching by G. Cruikshank.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Reference: 11902i- Pictures
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A sailor with a bandaged eye consulting a mercenary medical practitioner. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1807?, after G.M. Woodward.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.Date: [1807?]Reference: 21026i- Pictures
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Patient suffering under conventional medicine compared with health via Morisonian alternative medicine; represented by trees, one bloated and dying under the varied administration of conventional doctors and the other drained of impurities and healthy. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 10766i- Pictures
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A man with an excruciating headache. Coloured etching by H. Cook, 1827, after M. Egerton.
Egerton, M., active 1824-1827.Date: April 1827Reference: 11885i- Pictures
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Dr Richard Price kneeling on a large crown (with a demon on his back) to look through a peep-hole at a group of ruffians ransacking Marie Antoinette's bedroom; representing a speech by Price which allegedly advocated the French Revolution. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1790 (?).
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811Date: 12 December [1790?]Reference: 12178i- Pictures
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Jean Sylvain Bailly, Mayor of Paris, with his mistress, both represented as chickens. Etching, 1791.
Date: 1791Reference: 15982i- Pictures
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William Pitt the younger consults the doctor John Bull on his failing health. Coloured aquatint, 1798.
Date: 1798Reference: 12186i- Pictures
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The British Museum: working-class people attending a guided tour and looking at exhibits of English history in glass cases and on the walls. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1843.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: [1843]Reference: 32525i- Pictures
Bonnell Thornton lying ill in bed, consulting three physicians and pointing out their inadequacies. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams.
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.Reference: 11631i- Pictures
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King George III analysing the residue from a large glass retort containing a small figure; representing the English view of Napoleon. Coloured aquatint by T. West, 1803.
West, Temple, approximately 1740-1783.Date: July 1803Reference: 12196i- Pictures
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Sixteen feet in profile, of women and men: a parody of phrenology. Coloured etching.
Date: [1820?]Reference: 11848i- Pictures
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Seven clergymen watch as a physician bathes the feet of a sick, aristocratic lady; suggesting the uncertainty of the clergy faced with the ousting of the aristocracy in France. Coloured etching by S.J., 1791.
S. J.Date: 1791Reference: 15873i- Pictures
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A fiery demon representing the chaos of the Paris Commune and more generally, the infernal results of the ideals of the French Revolution. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1871.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: June 1871Reference: 18167i- Pictures
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.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852.Date: 5 November 1835Reference: 11859iPart of: Dawson's magic- Pictures
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Doctor Jukes pumping the stomach of Sir W. Curtis, several other aldermen wait to be operated on; representing the gross appetites of some civic dignitaries. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1824.
Heath, William, 1795-1840.Date: 26 February 1824Reference: 12220i