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  • A misunderstanding between a doctor his patient and her daughter. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1823.
  • Bonnell Thornton lying ill in bed, consulting three physicians and pointing out their inadequacies. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams.
  • Nonsense talked by a cobbler compared to the talk of a parson and a surgeon-apothecary. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams, ca. 1812.
  • A farmer duping a doctor. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1823.
  • Three figures on horseback, including Death. Coloured etching attributed to Charles Williams, 1806.
  • A veterinary surgeon and a blacksmith attacking dandies on velocipedes, in an attempt to preserve the use of horses as a means of transport, and therefore securing their own trades. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1819.
  • The gouty Prince Regent being helped on to his horse by Chinese assistants using an elaborate contraption outside the Chinese pagoda in Kew Gardens. Coloured etching attributed to Charles Williams, 1816.
  • A thin, anxious patient consulting a doctor. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1823.
  • A humorous comparison between the obese Daniel Lambert and Charles James Fox, the politician. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1806.
  • Bonnell Thornton lying ill in bed, consulting three physicians and pointing out their inadequacies. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams.
  • A doctor and his patient talking at cross purposes. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1823.
  • Nonsense talked by a cobbler compared to the talk of a parson and a surgeon-apothecary. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams, ca. 1812.
  • The Empress Josephine walking with her retinue in a garden of labelled potted plants which include animated likenesses of prominent figures. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1814.
  • A nonchalant doctor dancing a jig amidst unhappy patients in a decrepit hospital ward. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1813.
  • Henry Addington, Lord Sidmouth, holding a bottle of medicine. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1807.
  • A day in the life of George, Prince Regent, 1814. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1814.
  • A humorous comparison between the obese Daniel Lambert and Charles James Fox, the politician. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1806.
  • A nonchalant doctor dancing a jig amidst unhappy patients in a decrepit hospital ward. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1813.
  • Robert Coates riding on a large cauldren pulled by two horses with a chicken on his head. Etching by C. Williams, 1812.
  • Daniel Lambert contrasted with a thin woman seated on his knee. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1806.
  • An operator treating Ann Ford, a society lady, with "Perkins's tractors", for her venomous tongue. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1802.
  • A humorous comparison between the obese Daniel Lambert and Charles James Fox, the politician. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1806.
  • An obese doctor acknowledging the favours of a French chef in his kitchen; denoting their complicity, the chef's food providing patients. Coloured etching by C. Williams, c. 1815.
  • An East Indiaman (ship) buffeted by winds blown by four putti directed by the Earl of Buckinghamshire, President of the Board of Control. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1813.
  • John Glaisyer a Quaker anointing a dog with burning vitriol oil; implying a satirical attack on the Quaker movement. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1806.
  • A parson being put into bed with an ass dressed in a frilled nightgown, as a practical joke. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1814.
  • Well-known journalists sitting at desks in a temple containing statues of public figures; representing the sycophancy of the press. Coloured etching by Charles Williams, 1814.
  • People and carriages converging on Buckingham House - being met by a fire-breathing monster; representing the King's cancellation of the 'Drawing Room' because of contracting gout. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1823.
  • A monster being fed baskets of infants and excreting them with horns; symbolising vaccination and its effects. Etching by C. Williams, 1802(?).
  • Three doctors converge around John Pitt, 2nd earl of Chatham, as their patient; representing the embarrassment of the failed Walcheren Expedition in Flanders. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1809.