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William Hawes: memorial tablet. Line engraving by J. Basire.

William Hawes. Aquatint silhouette, 1801.

A man recuperating in bed at a receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, after resuscitation by W. Hawes and J.C. Lettsom from near drowning. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.

William Hawes. Line engraving by P. F. Bertonnier after A. Lefèvre.

William Hawes. Stipple engraving by W. Ridley, 1802.

A man recuperating in bed at a receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, after resuscitation by W. Hawes and J.C. Lettsom from near drowning. Watercolour by R. Smirke.

A short history of the Royal Humane Society. To mark its 200th anniversary / [Peter J Bishop].

To the governors of the Surry Dispensary. : There are instances where we recommend reluctantly. Upon the present occasion, of electing a physician to the Surry Dispensary, I do most cordially recommend Dr. Hawes.

Manual of popular instructions, for recovering persons apparently dead from drowning, suffocation, lightning : to which are added, remarks on the accidents incident to children and cautions, hints &c to persons exposed to the accidents and diseases for the prevention and cure of which this tract is designed / drawn up under the sanction, and with the assistance of Dr. Hawes, institutor and treasurer of the Royal Humane Society, London.

An address to the public [on premature death and interment] / [William Hawes].

Transactions of the Royal Humane Society : dedicated by permission to His Majesty by W. Hawes.

An address to the King and Parliament of Great-Britain, on preserving the lives of the inhabitants.

An address to the King and Parliament of Great Britain, on the important subject of preserving the lives of its inhabitants, by means which, with the sanction and assistance of the legislature, would be rendered simple, clear, and efficacious to the people at large ... With an appendix, in which is inserted a letter from Dr. Lettsom, to the author. To which are subjoined, hints for improving the art of restoring suspended animation: and also for administering dephlogisticated air in certain diseases, and particularly in the present epidemic-termed influenza. Proposed (in a letter to Dr. Hawes) / By A. Fothergill.

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William Hawes

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Images featuring William Hawes

Works from the collections

An address to the public [on premature death and interment] / [William Hawes].

Transactions of the Royal Humane Society : dedicated by permission to His Majesty by W. Hawes.

An address to the King and Parliament of Great-Britain, on preserving the lives of the inhabitants.

Frequent collaborators

William Hawes

Images from the collections

Images featuring William Hawes

Works from the collections

An address to the public [on premature death and interment] / [William Hawes].

Transactions of the Royal Humane Society : dedicated by permission to His Majesty by W. Hawes.

An address to the King and Parliament of Great-Britain, on preserving the lives of the inhabitants.

Frequent collaborators

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