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A baby has been left outside the town-house of an old bachelor, and a young woman watches from the corner of the street. Engraving, 1794.

The refurbishment (or building) of a Lock Hospital; men with various ailments are stepping out of Pandora's box; a rich, smiling, doctor drives by in a carriage. Coloured etching by T. Williamson, 1802.

Boer War: hospital picket on the guard at night. Reproduction of a watercolour.

Robert Peel as a pugilist attacking night watchmen with the intention of replacing them by the police force. Etching by Paul Pry (W. Heath).

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

William Anthony, the last of the London night watchmen. Reproduction of wood engraving.

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Boer War: hospital picket on the guard at night. Reproduction of a watercolour.

William Anthony, the last of the London night watchmen. Reproduction of wood engraving.

Robert Peel as a pugilist attacking night watchmen with the intention of replacing them by the police force. Etching by Paul Pry (W. Heath).

A baby has been left outside the town-house of an old bachelor, and a young woman watches from the corner of the street. Engraving, 1794.

The refurbishment (or building) of a Lock Hospital; men with various ailments are stepping out of Pandora's box; a rich, smiling, doctor drives by in a carriage. Coloured etching by T. Williamson, 1802.