Wellcome Collection homepage
All
Stories
Images
Catalogue
Events

Active filters:

Humorous picturesReset filters
698 results
  • Animals portraying a pharmacist with customers. Lithographic reproduction after J.I. Grandville, c. 1840.
  • Two executors overcharge a heir, taking advantage of their distress. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, c. 1900.
  • A doctor telling his apprentice how to use language correctly. Wood engraving after J. Leech, 1846.
  • A physician thinking that a cobbler's use of the title "D.M." means that he is a Doctor of Medicine. Coloured etching.
  • A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: staff, visitors and patients enjoying a concert, the singer stands on a table. Lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.
  • A chicken family in traditional Japanese dress entertain a rabbit in western dress: new year ornaments hang from the top left. Colour woodcut, 1870s.
  • A doctor asking his patient's wife if she can possibly give the sick man some tablets, she retorts that she will make sure its possible. Reproduction of a drawing by A.E. Bestall, 1922.
  • A maid playing with a baby on her knee points out its curly hair to the visiting doctor; he replies that the mother was in curling tongs when she gave birth. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • A doctor reading a newspaper article on the prospect of a decrease in influenza - his wife hopes for the reverse. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1892.
  • A doctor skating past a group of people while inspecting their tongues and running down a street throwing pills to patients in houses. Wood engraving by E. Arthur, 1913.
  • Dental extraction involving drilling and electrically-detonated explosives: eight vignettes. Pen drawing by R. Bull.
  • A reluctant girl sits down in the dentist's chair. Reproduction of a drawing by B. Thomas, 1920.
  • A doctor attempting to talk to an ill child and being completely misunderstood. Reproduction of a drawing after L. Baumer, 1926.
  • A doctor is dismayed to discover that his patient has been eating animal feed when he had recommended animal food. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1879.
  • A barber shaving a disgruntled man. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A monkey dressed in preparation against the cholera epidemic. Etching, c. 1832.
  • A doctor examines a military recruit suffering from a speech disorder. Wood engraving by F. Pegram, 1916.
  • Three episodes about Mr. Rapp, Mr. Manhug, Mr. Jones, Mr. Muff and Mr. Randle and their end of term frolics. Letterpress and wood engraving, 1842.
  • The clyster is prepared for a glutton. Colour line engraving by J.J. Leveau after himself, 1762.
  • A wine-grower squirts sulphur on his crop. Pen and ink drawing by G. Ri.
  • Sadi Carnot, the president of France, lies in bed having his pulse taken. Lithograph by H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893.
  • A dentist looking at a tooth of a very attractive female patient. Coloured lithograph.
  • A woman seated at a table, and underneath a parrot in a cage suspended from the ceiling, unaware that her wig has been set alight by a mischievous monkey; another woman screams in horror as she enters through a door, in the right foreground a cat shields her kittens from a barking dog. Etching.
  • A poor patient telling his doctor that he wants to stay alive because oysters will be cheap again. Wood engraving after C. Keene.
  • People causing a nuisance by smoking in the street. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.
  • A domestic remedy: a woman applies a hot iron to her husband's back while their two children look on. Coloured lithograph.
  • A man holding an enormous razor jumps in fright upon looking in a mirror and seeing his dressing table taking on a human form. Etching by W.C.W.
  • Six of the seven gods of good fortune look on as one of their number writes the character for longevity with a brush tied to his elongated, bald head. Colour woodcut by Yoshitoshi, 1870s.
  • A man visiting a health resort is seated in a bath tub and being sprayed with water; in the background, a man is looking at the scene behind a curtain. Etching, May 1870.
  • A statue of Germania displaying prominent breasts on a war memorial; prim ladies avert their faces in horror. Drawing, ca. 1923.