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A fashionable doctor visiting a fashionable lady patient. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier, 1869.
Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896.Date: 1869Reference: 15688i- Pictures
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An apothecary praying for a host of illnesses to descend on his customers so that he can make more money. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1801, after G.M. Woodward.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.Date: 30 July 1801Reference: 16388i- Pictures
A foppish dentist on stage extracting a tooth from a patient who is being restrained by a man dressed as Pierrot. Coloured etching by A. Auger, 1817.
Auger, Adrien Victor, 1787-1836.Date: 1817Reference: 16488i- Pictures
Five doctors discussing their patient, Napoleon: one of the physicians is examining his rear end. Coloured etching, 1803.
Date: 26 [month?] 1803Reference: 12205i- 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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Wellington and Peel in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare suffocating Mrs Docherty for sale to Dr. Knox; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the Constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching after W. Heath, 1829.
Heath, William, 1795-1840.Date: March 1829Reference: 12222i- Pictures
A dispensary in the East End of London: crowds of local children are being vaccinated. Wood engraving by E. Buckman, 1871.
Date: 8 April 1871Reference: 17866i- Pictures
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Sixteen feet in profile, of women and men: a parody of phrenology. Coloured etching.
Date: [1820?]Reference: 11848i- 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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Mr. Lambkin out walking in Kensington Gardens hoping to bump into his loved one, he discovers her on the arm of another man which causes him much jealousy. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Reference: 12134i- Pictures
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A maid shows an old man his smallpocked face in a hand mirror. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé, 1823.
Date: 1823Reference: 16311iPart of: Album comique- Pictures
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Guy's Hospital, Southwark: Christmas entertainments. Process print by Meisenbach after H. Johnson, 1888.
Johnson, Herbert, 1848-1906.Date: 1888Reference: 39127i- Pictures
Mrs Billington the singer being spoon-fed money by Lewis and Sheridan; showing the incentives offered by those competing for her services. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1802.
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.Date: 16 January 1802Reference: 11635i- Pictures
William Allen, portrayed as an alchemist with several furnaces, the one which he stokes is labelled "Matter o'money". Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1827.
Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1828.Date: 8 March 1827Reference: 5013i- Pictures
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A medicine vendor kneeling and praying. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1801, after G. Woodward.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.Date: [30 July 1801]Reference: 20936i- 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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Edward Jenner vaccinating patients in the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital at St. Pancras: the patients develop features of cows. Watercolour after J. Gillray, 1802.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Reference: 11754i- 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- Pictures
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King George IV having his gouty foot massaged by his mistress Marchioness of Hertford while his wife Queen Caroline listens in the doorway. Coloured etching, ca. 1820.
Reference: 11203i- Pictures
Fifteen vignettes relating to child care, domestic medicine, effects of alcohol and eating. Etching by G. Cruikshank after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Reference: 17758i- Pictures
Edward Jenner vaccinating patients in the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital at St. Pancras: the patients develop features of cows. Coloured etching, 18--, after J. Gillray, 1802.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 23019i- Pictures
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Edward Jenner vaccinating patients in the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital at St. Pancras: the patients develop features of cows. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1802.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 12 June 1802Reference: 11752i- Pictures
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Edward Jenner vaccinating patients in the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital at St. Pancras: the patients develop features of cows. Coloured etching, 1803, after J. Gillray, 1802.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1803Reference: 11755i- Pictures
Wellington and Peel in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare suffocating Mrs Docherty for sale to Dr. Knox; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the Constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
Heath, William, 1795-1840.Date: April 1829Reference: 12226i- Pictures
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Crimean War: women nurses tending wounded soldiers as "woman's mission". Coloured lithograph by J.A. Vinter, 1854, after H. Barraud.
Barraud, Henry, 1811-1874.Date: 6 December 1854Reference: 24314i