Skip to main content
Wellcome Collection homepage
  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
Sign in to your library account
Search for anything
Library account

William Combe

British writer and adventurer (1742-1823)

Wikidata
Source:
Wikidata
Field of work
Literature

On this page

  • Images from the collections
  • Works from the collections
  • Frequent collaborators
  • Related topics

Images from the collections

Images by William Combe

9 images from works
  • Doctor Syntax attending a scientific demonstration at the Royal Institution, London. Coloured aquatint by T. Rowlandson after W. Combe.
  • Four scenes from W. Combe's verse Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks, a parody of the Royal college of physicians and John Fothergill (in particular). Engraving, 1771, after W. Combe.
  • Suttee, with Lord Hastings shown as accepting bribes to allow its continuation. Coloured aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1815, after Quiz.
  • Four scenes from W. Combe's verse Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks, a parody of the Royal College of Physicians, and in particular John Fothergill. Engraving after W. Combe.
  • Doctor and Mrs Syntax, with other elderly people, taking laughing gas in the house of a tooth-drawer in Paris. Coloured aquatint, 1820.
  • Doctor and Mrs Syntax, with other elderly people, taking laughing gas in the house of a tooth-drawer in Paris. Coloured aquatint, 1820.
  • Doctor Syntax attending a scientific demonstration at the Royal Institution, London. Coloured aquatint by T. Rowlandson after W. Combe.
  • Four scenes from W. Combe's verse Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks, a parody of the Royal college of physicians and in particular John Fothergill. Engraving after W. Combe.
  • Doctor Syntax attending a scientific demonstration at the Royal Institution, London. Coloured aquatint by T. Rowlandson after W. Combe.

Works from the collections

Works by this person
Works by this person
Works featuring this person
Works featuring this person

21 works

    • Books

    The diaboliad : a poem. Dedicated to the worst man in His Majesty's dominions.

    Combe, William, 1742-1823. | Date: 1777
    • Books

    Additions to the Diaboliad, a poem : dedicated to the worst man in His Majesty's dominions / by the same author.

    Combe, William, 1742-1823. | Date: 1777
    • Books

    A history of Madeira. With a series of twenty-seven coloured engravings, illustrative of the costumes, manners, and occupations of the inhabitants of that island / [Anon].

    Combe, William, 1742-1823. | Date: 1821
    • Books

    The first of April, or, The triumphs of folly : a poem dedicated to a celebrated dutchess / by the Author of the Diaboliad.

    Combe, William, 1742-1823 | Date: 1777
    • Books
    • Online

    Microcosm of London / [Anon].

    | Date: [1808-1811]

Frequent collaborators

Thomas Rowlandson

Related topics

Chemical apparatus
London
Unmarried couples
Architecture
Costume
Deer
Pestles
Mortars
Alchemy
Devil

Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE

+44 (0)20 7611 2222
info@wellcomecollection.org

  • Getting here

Today’s opening times

  • Galleries
    closed
  • Library
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Café
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Shop
    10:00 – 18:00

Opening times

Our building has:

  • Step free access
  • Hearing loops

Access information

  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Jobs
  • Media office
  • Developers
  • Privacy and terms
  • Cookie policy
  • Manage cookies
  • Modern slavery statement
TikTok
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube

Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence