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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.

Date

1 August 1816

Reference

12212i

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.

Date

20 May 1804

Reference

12194i

A sick man with a cold. Coloured lithograph, 1833.

Date

1833

Reference

11899i

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.

Date

26 February 1807

Reference

11632i

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.

Date

April 1829

Reference

12223i

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.

Date

30 March 1812

Reference

12208i

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.

Date

1891

Reference

33846i

A fashionable middle-aged woman reprimanding a young male relative. Coloured lithograph.

Reference

12083i

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

Date

[1893?]

Reference

43461i

A physician and his female patient talking at cross purposes. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1880.

Date

1880

Reference

13824i

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.

Reference

11903i

A hypochondriac at home with his anxious nurse. Wood engraving.

Reference

12116i

A man suffering from headache in the form of devils. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1835, after Captain F. Marryat.

Date

1 August 1835

Reference

869i

A patient suffering perpetual coldness surrounded by perplexed physicians attempting their cures. Coloured soft-ground etching.

Reference

11646i

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.

Date

October 1807

Reference

11876i

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

A woman prepares to bathe a baby aided by an older girl who pours water into a bowl. Engraving after A. Chisholm.

Date

1800-1899

Reference

27627i

A doctor examining an obese man and his wife and servant for suspected food poisoning from toadstools. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1813.

Date

1 September 1813

Reference

11063i

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

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.

Date

1800-1899

Reference

33355i

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.

Date

15 March 1884

Reference

17971i

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.

Date

5 November 1835

Reference

11859i

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

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.

Date

1 August 1835

Reference

11870i

A man pulling a peculiar face as he is about to take some medicine. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1801, after J. Gillray.

Date

[20 March 1801]

Reference

12066i