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Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823.
Boilly, Louis, 1761-1845.Date: [1823]Reference: 16315i
Part of: Grimaces
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A physician examining a urine specimen, brought to him by an elderly woman. Woodcut by J. Amman, 1568.
Amman, Jost, 1539-1591.Date: [1568]Reference: 21679i
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A blind beggar hunched over his walking stick, holding out his hat for money. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 30 April 1816Reference: 16449i
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Saint Peter and Saint John heal the lame man. Engraving by G. Bonasone after P. Buonaccorsi.
Perino, del Vaga, 1500 or 1501-1547.Reference: 24769i
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A blind beggar holds out his hat for money. Woodcut and colour mezzotint by C.W.E. Dietrich, 1757.
Dietrich, Christian Wilhelm Ernst, 1712-1774.Date: 1757Reference: 16448i
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An old sailor with wooden leg and a man with no arms drinking in a tavern; below is a song about their seafaring days. Etching by I. Cruikshank, c. 1791.
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811Date: 25 June 1791Reference: 26889i
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Christ cures blind Bartimeus near a temple. Etching.
Reference: 23918i
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A Greenwich Pensioner, dressed as a retired Commodore. Mixed-method print by F. C. Lewis, 1826, after D. Wilkie, 1823.
Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841.Date: January 1826Reference: 31466i
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A woman holding a rod encircled by a snake leads an invalid; representing medicine. Process print after a bas-relief by U.A. Ricci.
Ricci, Ulysses Anthony, 1888-1960.Reference: 26082i
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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.
S.L., active 1772.Date: [1 Jan. 1772]Reference: 584784i
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Le malade imaginaire: Argan, a hypochondriac, complaining of his ailments to his nurse. Pen and ink drawing by L. Frölich, 1859.
Frølich, Lorenz, 1820-1908.Date: 1859Reference: 16887i
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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 John Fothergill (in particular). Engraving, 1771, after W. Combe.
Combe, William, 1742-1823.Date: 21 November 1771Reference: 22052i
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A blind musician holding a uilleann pipe or pastoral bagpipe. Etching attributed to G. Grattan.
Grattan, George.Date: [between 1800 and 1809?]Reference: 16514i
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Christ cures blind Bartimeus by laying his hand on his eyes. Etching.
Reference: 23917i
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Bagnigge Wells, London: a fashionably dressed young couple greeting an acquaintance [an officer?] at a soiree. Mezzotint, 1772, after a painting attributed to J. Sanders.
Sanders, John, active 1750-1783.Date: 1772Reference: 38744i
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A new or improved medical electric and magnetic appliance.
Cooke, TomDate: 1904
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Two people come into a pharmacy to ask for advice, the apothecary sits resting his gouty leg. Etching by N. Loder after himself.
Loder, N., active approximately 1760.Date: 1760Reference: 16862i
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A French politician as a quack doctor wearing a feathered head-dress, holding a tooth and staff in the air and exclaiming to an audience that it is better to extract than to cure. Colour wood engraving (?) by Lefman after A. Gill, 1873.
Gill, André, 1840-1885.Date: Dimanche 14 Decembre 1873Reference: 16753i
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A Greenwich Pensioner reading from a book to a small boy, both sitting on the balustrade at the Royal Naval Hospital. Wood engraving.
Reference: 33302i
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Elizabeth kneels before Mary. Engraving by F. Keller after F. Overbeck.
Overbeck, Johann Friedrich, 1789-1869.Reference: 21728i
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Moses brings forth water with his rod; his people gather the manna dropped from heaven and carry it away. Engraving by G. Bonasone after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino, 1546.
Parmigianino, 1503-1540.Date: 1546Reference: 18269i
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A blind fiddler plays to a mixed age audience, among them a dog which is about to be beaten for howling. Etching by W. Geikie.
Geikie, Walter, 1795-1837.Reference: 16516i
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An old couple sitting, the man leans over on his walking stick to listen to the woman reading from the bible. Line engraving after G. Dou.
Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.Reference: 16046i
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Christ crowned with thorns. Engraving after A. Durer, 1512.
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.Date: 1512Reference: 23544i
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Theodora de Verdion, an eccentric teacher of languages, a book seller and collector of medals. Engraving, 1803.
Date: 1 Jan[uar]y 1803Reference: 20926i