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Five men sit smoking round a fireplace, another stands with his back to the fire. Mezzotint after A. van Ostade (?).

A witch placing a scorpion into a pot in order to make a potion. Etching by F. Landerer after M. Schmidt.

A man sits by a fireplace lighting his pipe with an ember while a servant girl brings his drink. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. Metsu.

A pretty barmaid mixing a drink in a glass. Coloured lithograph, c. 1825.

An alchemist holding tongs at his furnace. Etching by J. Wagner after D. Maggiotto.

Two episodes in Tristram Shandy: (left) four figures smoking and relaxing in Shandy Hall; (right) the baptism of Tristram. Engraving after W. Hogarth.

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A man sits by a fireplace lighting his pipe with an ember while a servant girl brings his drink. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. Metsu.

An alchemist holding tongs at his furnace. Etching by J. Wagner after D. Maggiotto.

A pretty barmaid mixing a drink in a glass. Coloured lithograph, c. 1825.

A witch placing a scorpion into a pot in order to make a potion. Etching by F. Landerer after M. Schmidt.

Two episodes in Tristram Shandy: (left) four figures smoking and relaxing in Shandy Hall; (right) the baptism of Tristram. Engraving after W. Hogarth.