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  • A girl returns to her family home in the village where her fine clothes and shoes are burnt by her father and she is given a peasant dress to wear. Lithograph by Thos. & Wm. Fairland, 1832, after P.E. Destouches.
  • A man is thatching the roof of a cottage as a boy brings a bowl of water for the horses to drink. Lithograph after George Morland.
  • A sick man at home in bed discussing his case with three physicians. Watercolour by T. Müller.
  • A young woman with folded hands giving thanks to heaven, an older woman points to a crowd carrying a young man wrapped in a blanket. Engraving by W. Sedgwick after E. Penny, 1780.
  • The village of Angmering, Sussex, showing the church and schools. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin, 1856, after B. Sly.
  • A shepherd and his dog, driving a flock of sheep along a country lane. Etching by Herbert Dicksee, 1901.
  • An angel in a large pot holding an hour-glass surrounded by beautiful countryside - advertising a calming potion. Aquatint.
  • A man observing his wife breast feed their child. Etching by D. Deuchar.
  • A country vicar visiting a family where a child has been suffering from scarlet fever. Wood engraving after C. Shepperson.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares in a village square with the assistance of a monkey. Pen drawing.
  • A country barber shaving a farmer; another farmer looks into a mirror while he stanches the cut on his face; right, a second barber dresses a man's hair. Coloured engraving.
  • A town gentleman visiting a village dentist and enquiring if he uses gas, the dentist retorts he does but prefers daylight. Process print after G. Du Maurier, 1895.
  • A girl fainting and collapsing into the arms of a woman, in the background is a similar scene of a fainting man. Engraving by W. Sedgwick after E. Penny.
  • A communal house, the men sit drinking around a table while the women look after the children, weave hay and the older children cook. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella.
  • A travelling drug seller. Etching by D. Deuchar after J. van der Vliet.
  • People dancing the tarantella and playing music as an antidote to a tarantula bite. Etching.
  • Dr. J. Alibert taking serum from a servant's baby to vaccinate the child of Mme Desbordes-Valmore. Photograph, 1938, of a painting by C. Desbordes, 1822.
  • Vaccination: description and vignettes of cow and of a suckling mother. Etching with letterpress by L. Baltard after himself, 18--.
  • A local doctor asking a mother what career she thinks her son will pursue, she insists he is going to be a butcher due to his love of animals and the time he spends at the slaughter-house. Wood engraving by B. Partridge, 1899.
  • Members of an English country club gathered together in a room, some are talking, others drinking, and food is being brought in on trays. Stipple engraving after H.W. Bunbury.
  • Two people watching over the cradle of a sleeping baby at night. Aquatint after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1644.
  • A woman feeding her baby while her husband reads a book in a rural domestic environment. Engraving by P.A. Le Beau after A. de Gelder.
  • Vaccination: description and vignettes of cow and of a suckling mother. Etching with letterpress by L. Baltard after himself, 18--.
  • An itinerant vendor advertising his 'sales show' in a square of town. Wood engraving after F. Gilbert.
  • A country pedlar and his wife walking the countryside and selling liqueurs. Etching by P.E. Moitte after D. Teniers II.
  • A woman breast feeding her child in front of the fire, other members of the family gather around. Etching by I.J. de Claussin, 1807, after Rembrandt van Rijn.
  • The first verse of a poem entitled, "Rheinweinlied", surrounded by an ornamental design with a large wine glass. Etching, 1842.
  • A physician feeling the forehead of a child in Dalarna, Sweden. Heliogravure after F. Rops.
  • The aqueduct of Bucq, near Versailles. Engraving by M.A. Duparc, 1789, after L.N. de Lespinasse.
  • Two young women gathering reeds by the edge of some water, watching, and being watched by, two deer. Engraving by F. Bracquemond after Gustave Jundt.