A lecture on pneumatics at the Royal Institution, London. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1802.

James Gillray, 'Fast-asleep', forms a pair with 'Wide-awake', q.v.

Coloured etching: 'Comfort to the corns'; J. Gillray

James Gillray, 'Visiting the Sick'

James Gillray, 'Wide-awake'

James Gillray, 'The triumph of Quassia'

James Gillray, 'Gentle Emetic'

A man standing by a fire place, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800.

James Gillray, 'The dissolution; or the alchymist producing an aestherial representation'

James Gillray's, 'Easing the Tooth-ach'

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James Gillray

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Images by James Gillray

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James Gillray, 'Wide-awake'

James Gillray, 'The triumph of Quassia'

James Gillray, 'Gentle Emetic'

A man standing by a fire place, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800.

James Gillray, 'Visiting the Sick'