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The mocking and flagellation of Christ. Line engraving by G. Sadeler after J. Palma the elder.

A nightwatchman disturbs a body-snatcher who has dropped the stolen corpse he had been carrying in a hamper, while the anatomist runs away. Etching with engraving by W. Austin, 1773.

Two Chinese men stand by a shop window while opium smokers sit on the terrace above. Pencil drawing with sepia wash by W. J. Bellairs, 19th century.

An obese midwife on her way to a labour in the early hours of the morning. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.

Three men carousing beneath a mulberry tree, with verses of a song comparing the life of humans to the life of a tree. Etching after I. Cruikshank, 1808.

Two men placing the shrouded corpse which they have just disinterred into a sack while Death, as a nightwatchman holding a lantern, grabs one of the grave-robbers from behind. Coloured drawing by T. Rowlandson, 1775.

The adoration of the shepherds in a darkened barn. Aquatint with etching by D. Vivant-Denon after N. Maes.

A lantern maker working at his bench, talking to a woman customer who inspects a finished lantern. Woodcut by J. Amman.

A woman sleeps at a table as one man lights his pipe and another tries to wake her. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, c. 1774, after G. Dou.

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A lantern maker working at his bench, talking to a woman customer who inspects a finished lantern. Woodcut by J. Amman.

Three men carousing beneath a mulberry tree, with verses of a song comparing the life of humans to the life of a tree. Etching after I. Cruikshank, 1808.

A woman sleeps at a table as one man lights his pipe and another tries to wake her. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, c. 1774, after G. Dou.

Two men placing the shrouded corpse which they have just disinterred into a sack while Death, as a nightwatchman holding a lantern, grabs one of the grave-robbers from behind. Coloured drawing by T. Rowlandson, 1775.

Two Chinese men stand by a shop window while opium smokers sit on the terrace above. Pencil drawing with sepia wash by W. J. Bellairs, 19th century.