Three people drinking punch as a cure for (right to left) gout, colic, and phthisis. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.

Transplanting of teeth.

Hydrotherapy: eight vignettes of different cures at Gräfenberg, Germany. Lithograph, ca. 1860.

A lady fainting after bloodletting. Oil painting after Eglon Hendrick van der Neer.

A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a fashionable and rich lady, while his black assistant and her white maid attend. Etching.

A woman suffering the pain of colic; illustrated by demons tugging on a rope wound around her stomach. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1819, after Captain F. Marryat.

A woman breastfeeding her child among her family. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. van Ostade, 1641.

A physician and a surgeon attending to a woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.

A gouty man startled by death; represented as a skeletal figure wielding an arrow. Mezzotint, 1794.

A physician gazing in amazement at a urine sample of an elderly female patient who is seated near him in a richly furnished room. Engraving by J.B. Fosseyeux after F. Giani after G. Dou.

A gouty man surrounded by horse-riding accoutrements. Coloured engraving by Maddox after H.W. Bunbury.

The birth of Saint Edmund, he is being nursed by a midwife while his mother rests in bed and is aided by assistants, 1433. Aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.

1 print : mezzotint ; platemark 29.6 x 21.3 xm.

A poor family praying before eating their simple evening meal. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1784, after A. Ostade.

1 print : wood engraving, with watercolour ; image 16.3 x 13.8 cm

A carbuncled woman retiring to bed; creating a satirical figure of female vanity. Coloured wood engraving.

A man, decrepit with gout, helpless in his own home. Coloured lithograph.

1 print : line engraving with etching ; image 16.5 x 13 cm

A surgeon tending a woman who has just fainted after bloodletting; she is supported by female members of her family. Engraving by Garlieb after Eglon Hendrik van der Neer.

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The birth of Saint Edmund, he is being nursed by a midwife while his mother rests in bed and is aided by assistants, 1433. Aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.

A poor family praying before eating their simple evening meal. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1784, after A. Ostade.

A carbuncled woman retiring to bed; creating a satirical figure of female vanity. Coloured wood engraving.

A man, decrepit with gout, helpless in his own home. Coloured lithograph.

A surgeon tending a woman who has just fainted after bloodletting; she is supported by female members of her family. Engraving by Garlieb after Eglon Hendrik van der Neer.

House furnishings - History

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Works from the collections

The birth of Saint Edmund, he is being nursed by a midwife while his mother rests in bed and is aided by assistants, 1433. Aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.

A poor family praying before eating their simple evening meal. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1784, after A. Ostade.

A carbuncled woman retiring to bed; creating a satirical figure of female vanity. Coloured wood engraving.

A man, decrepit with gout, helpless in his own home. Coloured lithograph.

A surgeon tending a woman who has just fainted after bloodletting; she is supported by female members of her family. Engraving by Garlieb after Eglon Hendrik van der Neer.

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