Breathing a vein [graphic].

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Title: Breathing a vein [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [28 January 1804]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd Jany. 28th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street, London
Abstract: "The patient sits on a stool, averting his head from the surgeon who supports his left arm, from which the blood spurts into a bowl. The operator wears spurred top-boots, and has a bucolic appearance suggesting a veterinary surgeon. The patient wears a nightcap and buttoned waistcoat over his shirt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker identified as Gillray and artist questionably identified as Sneyd in the British Museum catalogue.
One of a set of Gillray prints of medical conditions that were apparent studies in facial expression.
Temporary local subject terms: Veterinary surgeons -- Bleeding -- Top boots.
1 print : etching with engraving, hand-colored ; plate mark 261 x 200 mm.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26.2 x 20.0 cm, on sheet 33 x 23 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1804
Etchings England London 1804
Material: etching with engraving ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Medical procedures & techniques
Phlebotomy
Subjects: Medical procedures & techniques
Phlebotomy
England > 1804
England > London > 1804
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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