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

    Date
    1833
    Reference
    11899i
    Part of
    Tregears flights of humor
    • Pictures
  • A man self-administering hydrotherapy, sitting outside in a barrel. Coloured lithograph.

    Reference
    11898i
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  • A man pulling a peculiar face as he is about to take some medicine. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1801, after J. Gillray.

    • Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
    Date
    [20 March 1801]
    Reference
    12066i
    • Pictures
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  • A sick man mixing a dose of medicine for himself. Coloured aquatint after M.W. Sharp.

    • Sharp, Michael William, -1840.
    Date
    [between 1800 and 1899]
    Reference
    585320i
    • Pictures
  • A man standing by a fireplace, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured etching after J. Gillray.

    • Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
    Reference
    12065i
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  • A young man removing a bandage from his hand, while an old woman offers him another; representing the sense of touch. Etching by G. Greux after D. Teniers.

    • Teniers, David, 1610-1690.
    Reference
    16843i
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  • A man standing by a fire place, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800.

    • Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
    Date
    6 February 1800
    Reference
    12056i
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  • A man standing by a fire place, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured lithograph after J. Gillray.

    • Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
    Reference
    11863i
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  • A man standing by a fire place, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800.

    • Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
    Date
    6 February 1800
    Reference
    12060i
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  • A man standing by a fireplace, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured etching after J. Gillray.

    • Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
    Reference
    12059i
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