Taking physic [graphic].Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmakerMarch 20, 1801.eng"The invalid, unshaven, in a nightcap, and wearing a dressing-gown over unfastened waistcoat, breeches, and ungartered stockings, stands as in British Museum Satires No. 9584, grimacing with disgust at a cup of medicine, the bottle in his left hand. In place of the fireplace is a table on which are medicine bottles, pill-box, and a small case inscribed 'Tractors', see British Museum Satires No. 9761. Behind him is a commode. A strip of bed-curtain appears on the extreme right. A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 9805. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 10304, &c."--British Museum online catalogueTitle from item.Printmaker identified as Isaac Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue.An imitation of Gillray's print of the same title; cf. No. 9584 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Temporary local subject terms: Physic -- Medicine bottles -- Pill boxes -- Close stools.Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Purgatives -- Toilet facilities.