"Portraits, full-length: Dr. Glen on the left talking to Robertson, who stands opposite, his hat in his right hand and a staff topped with two heads."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Dr. Glen & Laird Robertson
Description:
Title from volume in which the print was issued., Later state, with plate number added., Plate from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings, by the late John Kay ... Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. 1., Plate numbered "9" in lower right corner., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Idiocy.
Publisher:
Adam and Charles Black
Subject (Name):
Glen, Dr., -1786 and Robertson, James, -1790
Subject (Topic):
Mentally ill persons, Physicians, and Staffs (Sticks)
Title devised by curator., From: Das Leben und die Meinungen des Tristram Shandy: Karl Ernst Bohn, Berlin, 1776., Top inscription: VIII. ; VI. Th. pag.11., Sheet trimmed through top inscription., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title supplied by curator., Original painting also known as "The Alchemist"., Date supplied by cataloger., Place of publication derived from artist's place of residence., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Office, interior., and Title in pencil in margin.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Old age, Medical offices, Skulls, Older people, Books, Hourglasses, and Writing materials
Print shows a group of five grotesquely caricatured men attending to a sixth man identified as Dr. Franz Joseph Gall, who is lecturing them on a skull which he holds up in his left hand. An open volume rests on a lectern beneath the lecturers prominent stomach, and the walls around the group are lined with shelves holding a collection of skulls and busts; the three shelves located behind them at left are labeled: Lawyers, thieves & murderers. - Poets, dramatists, actors. - Philosophers, statesmen & historians
Alternative Title:
Dr. Gall's lecture
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Gall, F. J. 1758-1828 (Franz Joseph), and Gall, F. J. 1758-1828. (Franz Joseph),
Subject (Topic):
Craniology, Phrenology, Skull, Science, Physicians, and Lectures and lecturing
Print shows a group of five grotesquely caricatured men attending to a sixth man identified as Dr. Franz Joseph Gall, who is lecturing them on a skull which he holds up in his left hand. An open volume rests on a lectern beneath the lecturers prominent stomach, and the walls around the group are lined with shelves holding a collection of skulls and busts; the three shelves located behind them at left are labeled: Lawyers, thieves & murderers. - Poets, dramatists, actors. - Philosophers, statesmen & historians
Alternative Title:
Dr. Gall's lecture
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching and aquatint, hand-colored ; plate mark 241 x 195 mm., and Ink annotation in lower right margin: H.C. from A.C.K. Feb. 1915.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Gall, F. J. 1758-1828 (Franz Joseph), and Gall, F. J. 1758-1828. (Franz Joseph),
Subject (Topic):
Craniology, Phrenology, Skull, Science, Physicians, and Lectures and lecturing
Title devised by curator., In ink, lower right: John Nixon fecit et Inst: 1783., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Topic):
Pulse, Physician and patient, Gout, Sick persons, Physicians, Tongues, Maps, Cats, and Dogs
Title supplied by curator., Date from National Gallery of Scotland website., In pencil: B.70; Wm. Strang., Place of publication derived from artist's nationality., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Medical education, Human dissection, Physicians, Dead persons, Surgical instruments, and Spectators
Title supplied by curator., Date derived from style of dress depicted., Artist's name on plate at lower left., Place of publication derived from artist's likely nationality., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification)., Mortality, Sick persons, Physicians, Clocks & watches, Coffins, Skeletons, and Medicines
In pencil lower margin: William Sharp; The Hypochondriac., Date derived from artist's date of death., Place of publication derived from printmaker's place of residence., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Hypochondria; Drugs.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Illness anxiety disorder, Medical consultation, Physicians, Medicines, Sick persons, Dogs, Blankets, and Anxiety