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Enigmes Joyeuses pour les Bons Esprits, Plate 3, ca. 1615. Creators: Jan van Haelbeeck, Jean le ClercEnigmes Joyeuses pour les Bons Esprits, Plate 3, ca. 1615
Englishman Walking for Pleasure, 12th month, 1860. Creator: Ichiryusai YoshitoyoEnglishman Walking for Pleasure, 12th month, 1860
Enigmes Joyeuses pour les Bons Esprits, Plate 6, ca. 1615. Creators: Jan van Haelbeeck, Jean le ClercEnigmes Joyeuses pour les Bons Esprits, Plate 6, ca. 1615
Enigmes Joyeuses pour les Bons Esprits, Plate 5, ca. 1615. Creators: Jan van Haelbeeck, Jean le ClercEnigmes Joyeuses pour les Bons Esprits, Plate 5, ca. 1615
The Pope, from The Dance of Death, ca. 1526, published 1538. Creator: Hans LützelburgerThe Pope, from The Dance of Death, ca. 1526, published 1538
The Nun, from The Dance of Death, ca. 1526, published 1538. Creator: Hans LützelburgerThe Nun, from The Dance of Death, ca. 1526, published 1538
Adam digging, from The Dance of Death, ca. 1526, published 1538. Creator: Hans LützelburgerAdam digging, from The Dance of Death, ca. 1526, published 1538
Yamauba blackening Her teeth and Kintoki, ca. 1795. Creator: Kitagawa UtamaroYamauba blackening Her teeth and Kintoki, ca. 1795
The Artist Kitao Masanobu Relaxing at a Party, 1790s. Creator: Kitagawa UtamaroThe Artist Kitao Masanobu Relaxing at a Party, 1790s
Kasperl Theater, 1907. Creator: Hans KalmsteinerKasperl Theater, 1907
Kasperltheater, 1907. Creator: Hans KalmsteinerKasperltheater, 1907
Auctioneer & Lawyer, Auctioneer Knocking Down a Bad Lot, early 19th century. [Kings Columbian Jester]
Doll Tearsheet, Falstaff, Henry and Poins (Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 2, Act 2, Scene 4), first published 1795; reissued 1852
Unidentified Actor in the Role of an Umbrella Monster, ca. 1852
The American Museum (Humbugs American Museum), 1851. 1851. Creator: Adam WeingartnerThe American Museum (Humbugs American Museum), 1851
Miseries of London, 1807-08. 1807-08. Creator: Thomas RowlandsonMiseries of London, 1807-08
The citizens of Bruges supplying Wolseys suite with provisions, 1897. Creator: John LeechThe citizens of Bruges supplying Wolseys suite with provisions, 1897. Belgians looking glum at having to provide food for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Henry pardoning the yo ung Couple, 1897. Creator: John LeechHenry pardoning the yo ung Couple, 1897. King Henry VIII magnanimously pardoning a young man and woman. From " The Comic History of England" by Gilbert Abbott A Beckett
The Anatomist, 1811. Artist: Thomas RowlandsonThe Anatomist, 1811. Cartoon showing the terror of a patient and his wife as a surgeon opens his bag of instruments. Seeing the skeleton in the cupboard
Napoleon and King George III as Gulliver and the King of Brobdingnag, July 1803. Artist: James GillrayNapoleon and King George III as Gulliver and the King of Brobdingnag, July 1803. James Gillray cartoon representing George III and Napoleon Bonaparte as characters from Gullivers Travels
Income Tax, 1798. John Bull scratches his head at William Pitts (1759-1806) introduction of Income Tax. Pitt is shown as an angel playing a harp. Hand-coloured cartoon in the style of Gillray
Children at a Church Door, c1817-1845. Artist: Nicolas-Toussaint CharletChildren at a Church Door, c1817-1845. From the collection of the National Gallery, London
Syntax Star-gazing, c1815. Artist: Thomas RowlandsonSyntax Star-gazing, c1815. Dr Syntax showing a young woman the stars with a small refracting telescope typical of this date, while a manservant trips over a dog and falls headlong down the stairs
Prehistoric Peeps: A Night Lecture on Evolution, 1894. Artist: Edward Tennyson ReedPrehistoric Peeps: A Night Lecture on Evolution, 1894. Satirical cartoon showing creatures halfway between men and monkeys listening to a lecture. The lectern is in the form of a pteradoctyl
Taking the waters at Handley Spa, 1845. Artist: John LeechTaking the waters at Handley Spa, 1845. Sir Thomas Trout in a bathchair face to face with Constantina Mendlove in her Bloomer outfit. Illustration by John Leech for Handley Cross by RS Surtees
Essence of Parliament, 1883. Artist: Harry FurnissEssence of Parliament, 1883. Cartoon marking the opening of the first session of Parliament for 1883, showing the politicians as microbes in a drop of water
A Sawrian, 1836. Artist: John ScottA Sawrian, 1836. Cartoon on Gideon Mantell (1790-1852) the English geologist who discovered a saurian, the Iguanodon, near Cuckfield, Sussex, in 1820
Hypnotised subject in a state of catalepsy, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley gave a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot
Chemical lecture, 1802. Artist: James GillrayChemical lecture; Scientific Researches! - New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! or - an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air!, 1802
Santorio Sanctorius, c1728. Italian physician and the founder of quantitative measurement in medicine. Sanctorius was the first to use a thermometer to measure body temperature
Pagan stone head, from a Celtic shrine at Cinderford, now at Gloucester City Museum
Fossil skeleton of a Pteradactyl, from the British Museums collection
The High Mettled Racer, 1789. Artist: Thomas RowlandsonThe High Mettled Racer, 1789. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
A Little Bigger, 1791. Artist: Thomas RowlandsonA Little Bigger, 1791. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
Carved and painted wooden figure from a church in Finland, 18th centuryCarved and painted wooden figure from a wooden church in Keuruu, Finland, 18th century
Detail of a horseman from felt Scythian wall-hanging from tomb five at Pazyryk, Altai, in Russia. now in the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg
Bronze pole-top in the shape of a mules head, 6th century BCBronze pole-top in the shape of a mules head, from Keiermes, currently at the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, 6th century BC
A Sub-Lime Character, early 19th century. A building labourer carrying a hod of mortar
The Dead Drummer, 1840. Artist: George CruikshankThe Dead Drummer, 1840. A legend of Salisbury Plain. From The Ingoldsby Legends by Thomas Ingoldsby (Richard Barham). (London, 1840)
Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, poet and wit, 1881. Artist: Edward Linley SambourneOscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, poet and wit, 1881. Cartoon of Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) in the Fancy Portraits series from Punch. (London, 25 June 1881)
Jerry having his hand read by a gypsy, c1828. Artist: Isaac Robert CruikshankJerry having his hand read by a gypsy, c1828. Jerry takes a break from a hunt to have his hand read told by a pretty gypsy while Logick leans on a fence
Charles Darwin, English naturalist, 1874Charles Darwin (1809-82) English naturalist. Cartoon, depicting Darwins head superimposed on an apes body, showing another ape its reflection in a mirror
New Crowns for Old Ones!, Benjamin Disraeli offering the crown of India to Queen Victoria, 1876. Artist: John TennielNew Crowns for Old Ones!, Benjamin Disraeli offering the crown of India to Queen Victoria, 1876. Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India on 1 May 1876. Cartoon from Punch, London, 15 April 1876
John James Audobon (1780-1851), American ornithologist and artist, 1836. In this cartoon, Audobon has a beak for a nose, and his collar, epaulettes and headdress are made of feathers
Misfortune in the Tulip Hall, c1816. Artist: Thomas RowlandsonMisfortune in the Tulip Hall, c1816. Dr Syntax is bitten by a dog and falls over, upsetting some of the potted plants arranged on staging in the conservatory
Fossil skeleton of a Pterodactyl, from the British Museums collection
Dr Johnson and James Boswell recovering from a hangover after a night on the town. Artist: Thomas RowlandsonDr Johnson and James Boswell recovering from a hangover after a night on the town. Boswell has a Bible open and reads: be not filled with wine wherein is excess
New letter boxes being mistaken for heating stoves!, 1855. One of Londons first pillar (letter) boxes was erected by the Post Office at the corner of Fleet Street and Farringdon Street
