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A man supposed to be dead arising from his coffin and surprising his wife (?). Coloured aquatint, 1805, after a drawing by Henry Wigstead, 1784.

An angry doctor in night clothes shouting at an alarmed man. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1774, after H. Wigstead.

Two elderly women in bed, disturbed from sleep by a nightmare vision of "The monster" (R. Williams), 1790. Drawing.

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Wigstead, Henry, -1793.

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An angry doctor in night clothes shouting at an alarmed man. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1774, after H. Wigstead.

Two elderly women in bed, disturbed from sleep by a nightmare vision of "The monster" (R. Williams), 1790. Drawing.

A man supposed to be dead arising from his coffin and surprising his wife (?). Coloured aquatint, 1805, after a drawing by Henry Wigstead, 1784.