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A man being given a steam bath that is going drastically wrong. Wood engraving.

A boy has cut his finger which is being treated by his mother; two other siblings hold him back while he resists. Coloured etching (?) after D. Wilkie, 18--.

A woman's chemise catches fire. Coloured photomechanical reproduction after A. Legrand after J.H. Fragonard.

An opened electric plug, an electric flex with exposed wires, and a newspaper article about death caused by a wrongly wired plug. Colour lithograph after Robin Day.

A man, decrepit with gout, helpless in his own home. Coloured lithograph.

An obese gouty man in trouble, while his attendants cavort. Coloured lithograph by T. Rowlandson.

John Bancks, expecting a visit by a lady, has tea prepared for her, but she does not turn up, the servant accidentally breaks a bowl, and the kettle placed in front of the fire melts. Etching by I. Basire, 1738.

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A man, decrepit with gout, helpless in his own home. Coloured lithograph.

A woman's chemise catches fire. Coloured photomechanical reproduction after A. Legrand after J.H. Fragonard.

An opened electric plug, an electric flex with exposed wires, and a newspaper article about death caused by a wrongly wired plug. Colour lithograph after Robin Day.

A boy has cut his finger which is being treated by his mother; two other siblings hold him back while he resists. Coloured etching (?) after D. Wilkie, 18--.

John Bancks, expecting a visit by a lady, has tea prepared for her, but she does not turn up, the servant accidentally breaks a bowl, and the kettle placed in front of the fire melts. Etching by I. Basire, 1738.