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Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured stipple engraving after L. Boilly, c. 1823.
Louis-Léopold BoillyDate: [1823]Reference: 16318i
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Benin (Dahomey): men holding staffs made of human skulls with plumes of horsehair. Photograph by Kurt Lubinski (?), 19--.
Kurt LubinskiDate: 1940-1960Reference: 663251i
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A group of fashionable physicians gathered around a sick patient listen to one of their number proclaiming the virtue of leeches. Coloured lithograph after E.J. Pigal.
Q3047679Reference: 16364i
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An episode in Tristram Shandy: Corporal Trim reading a sermon to Mr. Shandy, Uncle Toby, and Doctor Slop. Etching after L. Sterne.
Laurence SterneDate: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 22014i
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A man sells a woman an artificial leg at national health service prices. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.
Dorville, Noël, 1874-1938.Reference: 17013i
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Four scenes from W. Combe's verse Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks, a parody of the Royal college of physicians and in particular John Fothergill. Engraving after W. Combe.
William CombeReference: 22092i
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An old man dozing in a chair; representing the eightieth year of life. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16--.
Conrad MeyerDate: 1600-1699Reference: 26389i
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A Chelsea Pensioner, seated, wearing a red coat and tricorn hat, holding a pipe and a stick. Watercolour painting.
Date: 1750Reference: 20764i
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A blind man on his knees begging, a woman and dog behind him. Coloured stipple engraving.
Reference: 16525i
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A Chelsea Pensioner, standing, wearing red coat and tricorn hat, leaning on a stick and carrying a cylindrical leather satchel. Watercolour.
Reference: 20765i
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The mystic marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and the infant Christ; the latter sits in the lap of the Virgin Mary, who sits next to Joseph. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after P. Tibaldi.
Pellegrini TiballdiReference: 11788i
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Doctor Saltinbanco, a medicine vendor, attacking one of his clients for non-payment. Coloured etching.
Reference: 20638i
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A man walking with the posture of a drunkard. Drawing with wash, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 28691i
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Miss Melcombe visits Mr Huntley, while on his deathbed in the attendance of his physician. Engraving, 1771.
Date: 1771Reference: 22132i
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A group of fashionable physicians gathered around a sick patient listen to one of their number proclaiming the virtue of leeches. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé after E.J. Pigal, 1824.
Q3047679Date: [1824]Reference: 16365i
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Melrose Hospital, Melrose, Roxburgh, Scotland: hospital corridor. Wood engraving by C. Butterworth.
Butterworth, Charles, active 1887-1896.Reference: 18373i
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A new disgruntled patient tells his doctor that he believes he is in good health, the doctor appears unconvinced. Line block after C. Graves, 1937.
Charles Larcom GravesDate: 1937Reference: 15529i
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The parable of the blind leading the blind: two blind men walk into a stream. Engraving after H. Bosch.
Hieronymus BoschDate: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 2027432i
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Cheshire Lunatic Asylum, Cheshire. Line engraving by Dean after Musgrove.
Musgrove.Date: 1831Reference: 16687i
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A woman doctor, perhaps a midwife, diagnosing pregnancy in a young woman: her dismayed parents are in the background. Mezzotint, 1778.
Date: As the Act directs 10 August 1778Reference: 21773i
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A parade of men at the races, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Lithograph by Richard Dighton.
Richard Dighton the youngerDate: [1835?]Reference: 16479i
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The apostles Peter and John heal the lame man. Process print after Raphael.
RaphaelReference: 24746i
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While the holy family rest on the way to Egypt, an angel bends a palm tree to provide them with dates. Etching.
Reference: 22376i
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Moses, with his rod and the table of the ten commandments. Etching by J. Rogers after S.W. Reynolds.
Samuel William ReynoldsReference: 18272i
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An apothecary praying for a host of illnesses to descend on his customers so that he can make more money. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1801, after G.M. Woodward.
George Murgatroyd WoodwardDate: 30 July 1801Reference: 16388i