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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.
Henry BunburyDate: May 23. 1799Reference: 35692i
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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.
George CruikshankDate: 1 August 1816Reference: 12212i
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Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: the infirmary. Tinted lithograph by Sauvé & Faivre after A. Thierry.
Thierry, Alexandre (Jean Alexandre), 1810–1866.Date: 1844Reference: 18385i
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Jardin Royal, Paris: showing figures strolling in the garden. Line engraving by J.B. Scotin the younger.
Scotin, Gérard Jean-Baptiste, II, 1698-1733.Reference: 21893i
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Panoramic view of Buxton with a key to the sights. Line engraving by Newman & Co.
Reference: 15768i
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History of British costume / [J.R. Planché].
James PlanchéDate: 1834
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Indian butcher selling meat to some customers. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 32933i
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Seven vignettes of people suffering from different types of mental illness. Lithograph by W. Spread and J. Reed, 1858.
Date: 1858Reference: 20076i
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Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford: figures strolling along the footpath. Line engraving by J. Le Keux, 1834, after F. Mackenzie.
Frederick MackenzieDate: 1 March 1834Reference: 20879i
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A Zulu medicine woman or shaman practising in Basutoland, South Africa. Halftone after a photograph by L. Fairclough.
Fairclough, T. Lindsay.Reference: 21348i
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A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.
Q215305Date: [1542?]Reference: 23028i
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Page 11: two portraits of a courtesan, one with a parrot. Watercolour drawing.
Reference: 27010i
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An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, while two attendants manacle his legs: his lover, Sarah Young, cries in distress, they are surrounded by lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by H. Fernell after W. Hogarth, 1735.
William HogarthDate: [ca, 1840?]Reference: 20044i
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Domestic violence: a man beating his wife with a shoe. Watercolour drawing.
Reference: 27912i
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Sancho Panza (the squire of Don Quixote) , at a banquet, being starved for health reasons by his physician. Lithograph by C. Nanteuil after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.
Miguel de CervantesDate: 1800-1899Reference: 22108i
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A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.
Reference: 24101i
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Two men play cards at a table as others watch, smoke and drink in a dingy smoke den. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1771, after D. Teniers the younger.
David Teniers the YoungerDate: Publish'd 23 Dec.r 1771Reference: 24736i
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Tshusick, an Ojibwa woman, holding a flower. Coloured lithograph by A. Hoffy after C.B. King, 1837.
Charles Bird KingDate: 1837Reference: 677785i
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A king holding a flower. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 27958i
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A mother, her son, and their cat watching a storm through the window of a cottage. Engraving.
Reference: 524711i
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Monastery of St. Catherine beneath Mount Sinai. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
David RobertsDate: [1849]Reference: 36153i
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An old woman wearing spectacles, reading the paper. Mezzotint.
Reference: 16099i
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The western and eastern churches represented by St. Peter's in Rome and S. Sophia in Istanbul (Constantinople); Jewish circumcision and the baptism of a baby by a bishop, with a border showing headwear of different groups. Engraving by R. Smith.
Reference: 22920i
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A nun from the Hospital of Santo Spirito, Rome. Coloured line engraving by C. Duflos le père.
Claude DuflosDate: 1710-1719Reference: 17402i
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Tomb of the Virgin, Jerusalem. Chromolithograph by H. Clerget and J. Gaildrau after François Edmond Pâris, 1862.
François-Edmond PârisDate: [1862]Reference: 38091i