Caricatures and prints, many from the 18th and 19th centuries that make humorous social or political points on health-related topics.
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Seven members of the French committee on vaccination rail against Tapp, who resists the new discovery. Line engraving, c. 1800.
Date: 1800Reference: 16128i
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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.
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.Date: 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.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1 August 1816Reference: 12212i- Pictures
Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington as nannies protect Lord John Russell and Lord Melbourne who are boys from the taunts of the junior Lords Lyndhurst and Brougham. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 21 July 1838Reference: 36807iPart of: HB sketches- Pictures
A man standing on a bank holds a large Union flag which is wrapped around a group of six standing figures believed to be patriots. Engraving 1771.
Date: [January 1771]Reference: 584088i