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  • The Prince Regent presenting to political ministers the expected baby of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, who urinates in their faces; representing the burden of taxation required by the Royal family. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1816.

    • Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
    Date
    1 August 1816
    Reference
    12212i
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  • Britannia as a patient who is in danger of death owing to disagreement between her three doctors over their competing remedies; representing the weakness of Britain during the replacement of Addington by Pitt as Prime Minister and the exclusion of Fox. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804.

    • Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
    Date
    20 May 1804
    Reference
    12194i
    • Pictures
  • A sick man with a cold. Coloured lithograph, 1833.

    Date
    1833
    Reference
    11899i
    Part of
    Tregears flights of humor
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  • Four doctors discussing the case of Sir Toby Bumper, while he is recovering in bed from too much alcohol. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1807, after G.M. Woodward.

    • Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.
    Date
    26 February 1807
    Reference
    11632i
    • Pictures
  • A gouty patient having his pulse taken by a doctor; representing George IV's opposition to Catholic emancipation, and Wellington's support of it. Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1829.

    • Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1828.
    Date
    April 1829
    Reference
    12223i
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  • The Regent approaching Lady Hertford who is giving birth to fully dressed little men, Perceval (dressed as a nurse) helps them stand up; representing additions to the ministry after the removal of the Regency restrictions. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1812.

    • Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.
    Date
    30 March 1812
    Reference
    12208i
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  • A girl leans against cushions on a sofa while playing a zither which she holds on her lap. Etching by James Dobie, 1891, after William Thorne.

    • Thorne, William, active 1862-1911.
    Date
    1891
    Reference
    33846i
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  • A fashionable middle-aged woman reprimanding a young male relative. Coloured lithograph.

    Reference
    12083i
    • Pictures
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  • Claybury Asylum, Woodford, Essex: a nurses' day-room (?) Photograph by the London & County Photographic Co., [1893?].

    • London & County Photographic Co.
    Date
    [1893?]
    Reference
    43461i
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  • A physician and his female patient talking at cross purposes. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1880.

    • Keene, Charles, 1823-1891.
    Date
    1880
    Reference
    13824i
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  • A bailiff (Mr Fixem, centre) calls on an affluent man (left) to enforce payment of a debt, assisted by his assistant (Bung, right). Etching by George Cruikshank.

    • Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
    Date
    [1836]
    Reference
    32377i
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  • An elderly land-lady taking a warming-pan to put in her lodgers bed, which is already occupied by someone else. Coloured lithograph by H. Heath.

    • Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850.
    Reference
    11903i
    Part of
    Notions of the agreeable
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  • A hypochondriac at home with his anxious nurse. Wood engraving.

    Reference
    12116i
    Part of
    Gallery of comicalities : Amateurs
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  • A man suffering from headache in the form of devils. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1835, after Captain F. Marryat.

    • Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848.
    Date
    1 August 1835
    Reference
    869i
    • Pictures
  • A patient suffering perpetual coldness surrounded by perplexed physicians attempting their cures. Coloured soft-ground etching.

    Reference
    11646i
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  • A convalescing woman trying in vain to rouse her slumbering hired nurse: the cat scavenges her food and the candle sets light to the carpet. Coloured etching by N. Heideloff, 1807, after T. Rowlandson.

    • Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
    Date
    October 1807
    Reference
    11876i
    Part of
    Miseries of human life
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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
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  • A woman prepares to bathe a baby aided by an older girl who pours water into a bowl. Engraving after A. Chisholm.

    • Chisholm, Alexander, 1792 or 1793-1847.
    Date
    1800-1899
    Reference
    27627i
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  • A doctor examining an obese man and his wife and servant for suspected food poisoning from toadstools. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1813.

    • Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
    Date
    1 September 1813
    Reference
    11063i
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  • A man surrounded by a feast while professing to have no appetite, his doctor observing how yellow he and his surroundings appear; suggesting the man's jaundiced view of life. Coloured lithograph, 1835.

    Date
    Published as the Act directs, November 11th 1835
    Reference
    11200i
    Part of
    G.T.B.s
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  • A couple sit in a slum dwelling playing a card game; the man is drinking from a tankard and washing is hanging from a line stretched across the room. Wood engraving by E. Landells after H.K. Browne.

    • Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882.
    Date
    1800-1899
    Reference
    33355i
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  • Deaf and dumb people from the Hackney Mission to the Deaf and Dumb performing plays, sign language, and portraits of staff at the institution. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1884, after H. Morehen.

    • Morehen, Horace.
    Date
    15 March 1884
    Reference
    17971i
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  • 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 1835
    Reference
    11859i
    Part of
    Dawson's magic
    • Pictures
  • A young man declines the offer of a mother to play Blind Man's Buff with her four daughters. Coloured lithograph.

    Date
    1800-1899
    Reference
    33613i
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  • An ill man next to his empty hearth tormented by the miseries of life; presented surrounded by assorted chastising demons. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1835.

    • Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
    Date
    1 August 1835
    Reference
    11870i
    • Pictures
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