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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.

Date

May 23. 1799

Reference

35692i

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.

Reference

22033i

An injured patient, John Hill, in bed surrounded by a group of physicians. Etching by Clyster-Pipe after Bolus M.D., 1752.

Date

[29 May 1752]

Reference

11404i

A fashionable mother wearing a dress with slits across the breasts in order to feed her baby before she dashes off to the carriage waiting outside. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.

Date

15 February 1796

Reference

17465i

Animals wearing human clothes play sounds and sing from a score open on a table, while others attending dance; represesenting musical soirées held by Teresa Cornelys. Mezzotint after E. van Heemskerck.

Date

April 20 1771

Reference

33827i

An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop clinging on to his bag, after two gentlemen (one of them Tristram Shandy's father?) had attempted to look inside it. Aquatint by J.H. Clark, 1820, after L. Sterne.

Date

1820

Reference

22021i

An interior of 'Marshalls', a famous dentist's shop near Berwick Street, Soho. Watercolour, 1789.

Date

1789

Reference

16585i

A nobleman and an alderman sit at a table neggotiating a marriage settlement between the son of the former and the daughter of the latter. Engraving by Louis Gérard Scotin after William Hogarth, 1745.

Date

April 1st, 1745

Reference

38350i

A barber playing the tragic role of Alexander the Great in the acting style of David Garrick. Mezzotint after R. Dighton.

Date

[1788?]

Reference

29532i

An affluent man receiving galvanic electric therapy from a French quack doctor, while staring intently out of the window. Coloured etching.

Reference

11822i

A fashionable dentist's practice: healthy teeth are being extracted from poor children to create dentures for the wealthy. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1787.

Date

1790

Reference

16589i

John Bancks, expecting a visit by a lady, has tea prepared for her, but she does not turn up, the servant accidentally breaks a bowl, and the kettle placed in front of the fire melts. Etching by I. Basire, 1738.

Date

[1738]

Reference

33144i

A doctor holding death at bay from his patient: illustrated by him squirting a syringe at a skeletal figure entering via the window. Line engraving by N. Goodnight, 1787, after S. Collings.

Date

12 April 1787

Reference

11211i

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. Etching by J. Bretherton, 1773, after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.

Date

3 February 1773

Reference

12085i

A "man-midwife" (male obstetrician) represented by a figure divided in half, one half representing a man and the other a woman. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1793.

Date

15 June 1793

Reference

16968i

A parson guilty of long tedious sermons has fallen asleep as a veteran relates at length the tactics used at the battle of Dettingen: both ignore a woman who brings them a dish of cooked chicken. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1784.

Date

Feb. 11 1784

Reference

33167i

A coachman, a cook and a household servant in a state of intoxication refuse to open the door of their quarters to their master. Etching by James Bretherton after T. Orde Powlett.

Date

23d Feb.y 1774

Reference

29647i

Sir Hervey Elwes and his nephew John Elwes: with four episodes in the life of Sir Hervey evincing miserliness. Coloured etching.

Date

[approximately 1825?]

Reference

32323i

A young woman engrossed in raptures at her desk, with her hands in her lap: a man [a servant?] appears in the background. Mezzotint, 1772.

Date

17 April 1772

Reference

12077i

An episode in Tristram Shandy: Corporal Trim reading a sermon to Mr. Shandy, Uncle Toby, and Doctor Slop. Etching after L. Sterne.

Date

[between 1700 and 1799]

Reference

22014i

Caroline of Lichtfield reveals a miniature portrait of Count Walstein to the count himself. Stipple engraving by J. Strutt after T. Stothard.

Date

[1787]

Reference

2497706i

A generous physician refusing payment from a sick patient's wife. Stipple engraving by J. Baldrey, 1784, after E. Penny.

Date

1 June 1784

Reference

21602i

A quack doctor assisting a voluptuous female patient with group magnetic therapy. Etching by J. Barlow, c. 1792, after J. Collings.

Reference

11828i

A man interrupting a doctor's misconduct with a young female patient. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson?, 1786.

Date

1 January 1786

Reference

11735i

Two doctors quarreling while their patient deteriorates. Coloured engraving by I. Cruikshank, 1794.

Date

24 December 1794

Reference

11647i