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Joking

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8 images from works
  • A surgeon applying the method of cupping to Ragotin, who believes his body has swelled in his sleep. Engraving by G. Huquier the elder after J.B. Oudry.
  • A dentist scaring a patient by telling how painful the drill he is going to use is. Reproduction of a drawing after A. Yeoman, 1940.
  • A doctor telling one of his jovial patients that he would probably make jokes on his death bed, the patient retorts he would - being his last chance. Wood engraving by P. May, 1901.
  • Tom Ruby being tricked by six friends into thinking he is suffering from the 'sweating sickness', thereby missing his feast. Coloured line engraving, 1799, after Nixon (?).
  • Mr. Lambkin playing the fool at a picnic with his loved one and friends. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • A man making fun of a physician because he keeps two wild animals as pets, in a tent in India(?). Lithograph by R.J. Hamerton after himself.
  • Mr. Lambkin walking down a street on his way to court a lady, unknown to him a placard has been stuck on to his back declaring his intentions to all. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • A surgeon applying the method of cupping to Ragotin, who believes his body has swelled in his sleep. Engraving by G. Huquier the elder after J.B. Oudry.

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    A dentist scaring a patient by telling how painful the drill he is going to use is. Reproduction of a drawing after A. Yeoman, 1940.

    Anton, 1912-1970 | Date: 1940 | Reference: 15535i
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    Tom Ruby being tricked by six friends into thinking he is suffering from the 'sweating sickness', thereby missing his feast. Coloured line engraving, 1799, after Nixon (?).

    John Colley Nixon | Date: 2 December 1799 | Reference: 11637i
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    A man making fun of a physician because he keeps two wild animals as pets, in a tent in India(?). Lithograph by R.J. Hamerton after himself.

    Robert Jacob Hamerton | Reference: 21823i
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    Mr. Lambkin playing the fool at a picnic with his loved one and friends. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

    George Cruikshank | Reference: 12133i
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    A doctor telling one of his jovial patients that he would probably make jokes on his death bed, the patient retorts he would - being his last chance. Wood engraving by P. May, 1901.

    May, Philip William, 1864-1903. | Date: 1901 | Reference: 15335i
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