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  • An episode from a farce in the theatre: three men and two women engaged in a dispute with one man pointing at the guilty-looking young woman at the front. Etching after W. Hogarth.
  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1763.
  • An ill man seated by a fireplace vomiting into a bowl. Pencil drawing.
  • A shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. Engraving after W. Hogarth, 1736.
  • The enraged musician: a street crowd with a ballad singer is creating such a noise that the musician in the window has to put his hands over his ears. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1741.
  • A frustrated looking couple taking a stroll at Sadlers Wells with squabbling children around them; representing evening. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • In a chamber containing stuffed animals, a globe and astrological devices Hudibras, about to draw his sword, startles Sidrophel and Whacum. Engraving by William Hogarth.
  • Saint Paul: with his hands in chains, he pleads his case at Caesarea before the Roman procurator of Judea, Antonius Felix. Engraving by W. Hogarth after himself, 1752.
  • The countess's levee: a barber dresses her hair while she converses with Silvertongue, her lawyer. Engraving by Simon François Ravenet after W. Hogarth, 1745.
  • A man in a cap. Etching after Hogarth.
  • The works of William Hogarth, from the original plates restored by James Heath ... with the addition of many subjects not before collected: to which are prefixed, a biographical essay on the genius and productions of Hogarth, and explanations of the subjects of the plates / by John Nichols.
  • A courtroom scene with a judge, a pregnant woman, a guilty looking man and an angry wife. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • The works of William Hogarth, from the original plates restored by James Heath ... with the addition of many subjects not before collected: to which are prefixed, a biographical essay on the genius and productions of Hogarth, and explanations of the subjects of the plates / by John Nichols.
  • The punishment of being issued barley instead of wheat. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1725.
  • A drunken party with men smoking, sleeping and falling to the floor. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1731, after himself.
  • Mary Toft (Tofts) appearing to give birth to rabbits in the presence of several surgeons and man-midwives sent from London to examine her. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1726.
  • King George I representing royalty, a bishop representing episcopacy; and a judge representing law, all as seen through a telescope as inhabitants of the moon. Engraving by J. Moore, 18-- after W. Hogarth, 1724.
  • The baptism of Tristram Shandy. Etching by J. Heath, 1780, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • Moll Hackabout dangles a watch and a poxed maid ("bunter") empties a jug while Sir John Gonson, a magistrate, and a group of bailiffs enter the room to arrest her. Engraving by William Hogarth.
  • Two men are working at looms as a man with a large stick looks around the door to see if they are working. Engraving by William Hogarth after himself.
  • The works of William Hogarth, from the original plates restored by James Heath ... with the addition of many subjects not before collected: to which are prefixed, a biographical essay on the genius and productions of Hogarth, and explanations of the subjects of the plates / by John Nichols.
  • The South Sea Scheme: speculators ruined by the collapse of the South Sea Company. Engraving by W. Hogarth after himself, 1721.
  • Analysis of beauty. Plate I.
  • James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont. Etching by J. Haynes after W. Hogarth.
  • A rake, Tom Rakewell, is measured for new clothes while a servant is hanging the room in black to show mourning. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • Martin Folkes. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • The lottery: the allegorical figures of virtue and vice perform a show on stage; various allegorical figures in the foreground. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth, 1724.
  • A shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1736, after himself.
  • Saint Paul: with his hands in chains, he pleads his case at Caesarea before the Roman procurator of Judea, Antonius Felix. Engraving by L. Sullivan after W. Hogarth.