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  • Five doctors discussing their patient, Napoleon: one of the physicians is examining his rear end. Coloured etching, 1803.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte touching the bubo of a plague victim at Jaffa in 1799. Coloured wood engraving by Thiébault.
  • The last moments of Napoleon Bonaparte at St Helena, 1821. Engraving by Bovinet and Couché after Gudin.
  • The ashes of Napoleon Bonaparte arriving by ship on French soil. Lithograph by V. Adam.
  • Napoleon climbing a headless skeleton trying to reach an unattainable crown; representing his imperial ambitions for France and his own for sovereignty. Coloured etching, 1803.
  • In a room filled with skulls of the famous, the phrenologist Gall examines William Pitt the Younger and Gustavus IV, the King of Sweden, both currently plagued by Napoleon. Coloured etching, 1806.
  • Napoleon visiting the wounded after the Battle of Eylau. Coloured etching.
  • Phrenological chart with portraits of historical figures and illustrations of skulls exhibiting racial characteristics. Lithograph by G. E. Madeley, authored by C. Donovan, c. 1850.
  • King George III analysing the residue from a large glass retort containing a small figure; representing the English view of Napoleon. Coloured aquatint by T. West, 1803.
  • The seizure of Sir George Rumbold by French troops in his bedroom in Hamburg on the night of the 25 October 1804. Line engraving with etching by W.H. Worthington after H. Corbould, 1804.
  • Napoléon Bonaparte saluting wounded enemy soldiers. Aquatint by Gordien, 1828, after J.B. Debret.
  • French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • A fearful woman (Britannia) is encouraged by three British politicians to resist the invading fleet of France. Coloured etching by J. Gillray after J. Sneyd, 1803.
  • The body of Napoleon Bonaparte laid out after death, 1821. Wood engraving after J. Ward.
  • The powers of Europe as alchemists who dissolve the alliance of German princes with Napoleon. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1813.
  • Three vignettes relating to Georges Fattet the inventor of false teeth. Lithograph.
  • Napoleon standing next to Pope Pius VII, seated, his right foot resting on a cushion. Engraving by J.H. Robinson, 1848, after D. Wilkie, 1836.
  • In a room filled with skulls of the famous, the phrenologist Gall examines William Pitt the Younger and Gustavus IV, the King of Sweden, both currently plagued by Napoleon. Coloured etching, 1806.
  • The death of Napoleon Bonaparte at St Helena in 1821. Lithograph after Baron Steuben.
  • The death of Napoleon Bonaparte. Watercolour.
  • William Pitt the younger as an obstetrician and medicine vendor, accompanied by Henry Dundas as his assistant, disputing with Napoleon Bonaparte their respective medicinal remedies for the delivery of Europe. Etching after C. Ansell (?), 1800.
  • The death of Napoleon Bonaparte at St Helena in 1821. Intaglio print by J.P.M. Jazet, 1830, after Baron Steuben.
  • Napoléon I presenting his new born son Napoléon II to his soldiers in 1811. Engraving by Mme. Lessueur after A. Testard.
  • The tender mercies of Bonaparte in Egypt! : Britons beware / Robert Wilson, K.M.T., Lieutenant Colonel.
  • William Pitt the younger as an obstetrician and medicine vendor, accompanied by Henry Dundas as his assistant, disputing with Napoleon Bonaparte their respective medicinal remedies for the delivery of Europe. Etching after C. Ansell (?), 1800.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte visiting plague-stricken soldiers at Jaffa. Etching by W. Angus, 1805, after A.J. Gros, 1804.
  • 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.
  • Five doctors discussing their patient, Napoleon: one of the physicians is examining his rear end. Coloured etching, 1803.
  • Napoléon et Larrey : récits inédits de la révolution et de l'empire, d'après les mémoires, les correspondances officielles et privées, les notes et les agendas de campagnes de Dominique Larrey ... 1768-1842 / Ouvrage orné de 16 gravures.
  • A decrepit Louis-Philippe is made ready for an enema by François Guizot; symbolising Guizot's domination of the French government towards the end of the July monarchy. Lithograph by J.E. Deshayes, c. 1848.