9 results filtered with: Practical jokes
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The abbé de Gondi being exorcised by Carthusian monks. Engraving by Ferdinand after N. Thomas.
Thomas, N. (Napoléon)Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 2821863i
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A parson being put into bed with an ass dressed in a frilled nightgown, as a practical joke. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1814.
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.Date: 1 February [1814]Reference: 38424i- Books
Merrie conceited iests of George Peele, gentleman, sometimes student in Oxford. Wherein is shewed the course of his life. How he lived, a man very well knowne in the city of London and elsewhere.
Date: 1809
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Two university teachers walking in a crypt are tripped up and assaulted by students. Coloured etching by Thomas Rowlandson, 1811.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: Jany. 28 1811Reference: 35674i
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A boy appearing to two girls as a ghost. Stipple engraving after R. Westall.
Westall, Richard, 1765-1836.Reference: 11546i
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A surgeon bleeding Ragotin's arm - upon waking and attempting to get dressed he discovered his clothes were too tight and he believes his body has swollen in the night. Engraving.
Reference: 22994i- Books
Joco-seriorum naturae et artis, sive magiae naturalis centuriae tres / [Anon.] Accessit diattibe [sic] de prodigiosis crucibus [by A. Kircher].
Schott, Gaspar, 1608-1666.Date: [1666]
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Road-racers on hand-cycles (above); a Japanese joins together with a rod the shoes of two Europeans so that they cannot walk (below). Colour process print, 1909.
Date: [15 September 1909]Reference: 730337i
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A surgeon applying the method of cupping to Ragotin, who believes his body has swelled in his sleep. Engraving by G. Huquier the elder after J.B. Oudry.
Oudry, Jean-Baptiste, 1686-1755.Date: [1736]Reference: 23083i