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- Archives and manuscripts
Notes and Observations on Physics, Metaphysics, etc
Date: Early 18th centuryReference: MS.MSL.31- Pictures
An anatomical dissection of a hooded cadaver. Engraving, 18th century.
Reference: 25463i- Books
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Nancy I have lost my wig.
Date: 1790?]- Pictures
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A man is blown out of a window by an enema. Engraving.
Reference: 15972i- Pictures
An aged unpleasant apothecary. Coloured etching by M. Darly, 1774.
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778.Date: 1 September 1774Reference: 16091i- Books
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The War of the wigs, a poem, occasioned by a late event in Westminster Hall.
Date: 1785- Books
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The Loyal Irish-man; or: The high church has got the day. Being a true description of the Wigs and their managers. To the tune of the Irish-Jigg. Eeter'd [sic] according to order.
Date: Printed in the year 1710- Pictures
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A physician in traditional costume with sword, France 17--. Coloured engraving.
Reference: 21535i- Pictures
A disgruntled physician wearing a legal wig and gown(?). Etching, 1771.
Date: Pubd. according to Act of Parlt. 3 October 1771Reference: 10945iPart of: 24 caricatures by several ladies gentlemen artists- Pictures
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A 'dentiste' extracting the tooth of a large well dressed gentleman. Coloured mezzotint by J. Wilson after himself, 1773.
Wilson, James, 1735-1786.Date: 15 April 1773Reference: 16522i- Pictures
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A surgeon and his assistant operating on a patient's head and using a drill to perform the trephination. Engraving, 1731.
Date: [1731]Reference: 22320i- Pictures
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A lame man and a blind man go to court; the lawyer eats oysters and gives them the empty shells. Mezzotint, 1779.
Date: 17 April 1779Reference: 16504i- Pictures
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A fashionable man takes his hat off while strolling; his hairdresser assists him by supporting the weight of his large wig. Coloured engraving by J. Caldwell after M.V. Brandoin.
Brandoin, Michel Vincent, 1733-1807.Reference: 31879i- Pictures
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Gentlemen round a table at their club, smoking and drinking punch. Coloured mezzotint, late 18th century.
Reference: 24854i- Pictures
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A clergyman conducting a chaotic christening. Colour mezzotint by J. Sympson, 173-, after W. Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: [between 1730 and 1739?]Reference: 16957i- Pictures
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A fashionable man and woman accompanied by a maid-servant and a boy servant; the woman, who wears an elaborately decorated pyramid wig, carries a dog under her right arm and looks admiringly at her male companion. Engraving, c. 1772.
Reference: 31795i- Pictures
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Two physicians in "macaroni" fashions. Etching by J. Johnson after J.W.B. (Bretherton?), 1772.
J. W. B., active approximately 1772.Date: 18 June 1772Reference: 652164i- Pictures
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Bagnigge Wells, London: a family group, the Dumplings, on a day out. Mezzotint.
Reference: 38743i- Pictures
Bagnigge Wells, London: a family group, the Dumplings, on a day out. Mezzotint.
Reference: 38742i- Pictures
An episode in Tristram Shandy (?): Uncle Toby (?) and his associates discussing battles in which he had fought. Etching by J. Bretherton, 1782, after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.Date: 1st Jan[uar]y 1782Reference: 651172i- Pictures
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A surgeon dressing the stump of a patient's recently amputated leg. Engraving, 1738.
Date: [1738]Reference: 22373i- Pictures
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Four Georgian gentlemen at their club seriously engaged in smoking. Stipple print by H. Bunbury, c. 1794.
Date: 1794Reference: 24851i- Pictures
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Four Georgian gentlemen sit in their club seriously engaged in smoking. Engraving with stipple by H. Bunbury, 1794.
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.Date: 15 March 1794Reference: 25446i- Pictures
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Bagnigge Wells, London: a fashionably dressed young couple greeting an acquaintance [an officer?] at a soiree. Mezzotint, 1772, after a painting attributed to J. Sanders.
Sanders, John, active 1750-1783.Date: 1772Reference: 38744i- Pictures
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William Smith. Mezzotint, 17--.
Date: 1700-1799Reference: 8832i