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  • A male frog, playing a guitar, serenading a female seated on a mushroom. Photograph by J.P. Soule, 1876, after a drawing.
  • A fox, sitting on a tree trunk, is enticing a bear to poke its head in the hollow of the trunk, so as to trap the bear's head. Etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.
  • A monkey physician examining a cat patient for fleas. Coloured lithograph.
  • A male and female frog promenading. Photograph by J.P. Soule, ca. 1876, after a drawing.
  • Three leeches in the role of physicians attend a grasshopper in the role of the patient and propose diet and bloodletting. Coloured lithograph after J.J. Grandville, ca. 1832.
  • Heads of leopards, lions, and a sheep. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Interior of a dentist's surgery with animal participants. Reproduction of a coloured wood engraving.
  • A bat and three fully dressed birds flying by moonlight. Watercolour by G. Hope Tait, ca. 1900.
  • A monkey-alchemist pumps a bellows in a laboratory; alluding to the vanity of alchemy. Process print after J.P. Le Bas after D. Teniers the younger.
  • Human physiognomies next to animal physiognomies, showing the relations between certain of the species. Etching, c. 1820, after C. Le Brun.
  • A schoolroom with animals as teachers and pupils. Engraving after E. van Heemskerck.
  • An anatomy lesson in an apothecary shop; represented by anthropomorphic participants. Engraving after Egbert von Heemskerck, ca. 1730-79.
  • Six heads of dogs. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • A monkey surgeon prepares to treat a monkey patient with a clyster, the latest French fashion accessory. Line engraving, ca. 1660.
  • A lobster seated at a table, serving itself from a bowl of salad. Drawing by G. Hope Tait, ca. 1900.
  • A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.
  • Phrenological chart with portraits of historical figures and illustrations of skulls exhibiting racial characteristics. Lithograph by G. E. Madeley, authored by C. Donovan, c. 1850.
  • Two mothers with crying babies and one in a walking frame; comparing the human infant's helplessness with the self-sufficiency of newborn animals. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563.
  • Four heads of birds: a swan, a polyphemus, a wild duck and a pelican. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Animals dressed as gentlemen and ladies survey the medical advertisements on a wall. Coloured wood engraving by J. Grandville, 1853.
  • A bear wearing a hat and a cloak, selling pills to a group of country folk in Leipzig. Watercolour.
  • A goat-headed man caresses a sleeping ewe-headed woman; representing the notion of animal magnetism and its application by physicians. Etching after M. Voltz (?), 1815.
  • Birds dressed as surgeons or medical students dissect a body. Pen drawing attributed to J. Grandville, 1829.
  • Head of a stag. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • A monkey barber-surgeon's establishment. Oil painting after David Teniers the younger.
  • Two polar bears meet near the North Pole: despite the cold, the female bear is wearing an off-the-shoulder dress, which the male bear attributes to high tolerance of cold among northern females. Lithograph by CMK (?).
  • Vendors of various types of remedies consulting about a patient; the vendors represented by their respective treatments and the patient by a goose. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 183-.
  • The evolution of a cat into an old woman, and her stool into a dog into a man in a cage into her skirt; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.
  • A dog, dressed as a scientist, performing an experiment on a human being; representing vivisection. Reproduction of a drawing after OBC(?).
  • Vendors of various types of remedies consulting about a patient; the vendors represented by their respective treatments and the patient by a goose. Process print, 19--, after G. Cruikshank, 183-.