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Three officers in the City of London Corporation holding different types of sticks ("characteresticks"): Lord Mayor Crosby with a scourge for wheat-speculators; John Wilkes with a Herculean club for defeating corruption; and and a bull representing Frederick Bull, with the sheriff's staff of office. Engraving after S.L., 1772.

A fat friar sitting on an open fireplace and frying a drumstick. Etching by Charles West Cope.

A man playing the violin with the instrument representing his face. Etching attributed to Cruikshank.

A man shoots at a lark that has escaped from its cage on the street: the woman who owns it watches in horror from an upstairs window, while another man watches from the side of the house. Etching, 183-(?).

A park keeper is complaining to a young woman about "pansies" (homosexuals). Colour process print, 195-, after D. McGill, 193-.

A man about to be executed in publc receives a pardon at the last minute; representing a work of art which has a striking composition but is not finished in detail. Soft ground etching after Henry Alken.

A woman with a very elaborate hair style and a rump extended with cork armatures is being pursued by winged uncorked bottles. Etching, 1777.

A man is drawing a cart along the road as other people perform other activities also called drawing. Etching by George Cruikshank.

A potato shaking hands with Edward Jenner, claiming him as a fellow vaccinator. Watercolour by John Leech.

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A fat friar sitting on an open fireplace and frying a drumstick. Etching by Charles West Cope.

A man about to be executed in publc receives a pardon at the last minute; representing a work of art which has a striking composition but is not finished in detail. Soft ground etching after Henry Alken.

A potato shaking hands with Edward Jenner, claiming him as a fellow vaccinator. Watercolour by John Leech.

A man is drawing a cart along the road as other people perform other activities also called drawing. Etching by George Cruikshank.