A sparse interior where (G) Mary Toft lies on a curtained bed apparently in the throes of labour. She is attended by (E) her husband Joshua Toft and (F) his sister Margaret, acting as nurse. (D) Dr John Howard is receiving a dead rabbit from a butcher at the door. There are three other men in the room: (A) Nathaniel St André, (C) John Maubray or Cyriacus Ahlers, and (B) a third (Sir John Manningham or Samuel Molyneux) whose arm is thrust beneath Mary's skirts. Rabbits scamper across the floor; others lie dead; to the right is a chamber pot."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wise men of Godliman in consultation
Description:
Title engraved below image., State, date, and place of publication from Paulson., According to Hogarth's early biographer John Nichols, the print was commissioned by a group of rival surgeons paying a guinea each., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., On page 42 in volume 1. Sheet trimmed to: 18.3 x 24.9 cm., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand in pencil, above this print: Modern impression.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Toft, Mary, 1703-1763, Toft, Joshua, fl. 1720-1726, Manningham, Richard, Sir, 1690-1759, St. André, Nathanael, 1680-1776, and Howard, John, fl. 1690-1720
Subject (Topic):
Births, Butchers, Chamber pots, Canopy beds, Interiors, Physicians, and Rabbits
A sparse interior where (G) Mary Toft lies on a curtained bed apparently in the throes of labour. She is attended by (E) her husband Joshua Toft and (F) his sister Margaret, acting as nurse. (D) Dr John Howard is receiving a dead rabbit from a butcher at the door. There are three other men in the room: (A) Nathaniel St André, (C) John Maubray or Cyriacus Ahlers, and (B) a third (Sir John Manningham or Samuel Molyneux) whose arm is thrust beneath Mary's skirts. Rabbits scamper across the floor; others lie dead; to the right is a chamber pot."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wise men of Godliman in consultation
Description:
Title engraved below image., State, date, and place of publication from Paulson., According to Hogarth's early biographer John Nichols, the print was commissioned by a group of rival surgeons paying a guinea each., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Toft, Mary, 1703-1763, Toft, Joshua, fl. 1720-1726, Manningham, Richard, Sir, 1690-1759, St. André, Nathanael, 1680-1776, and Howard, John, fl. 1690-1720
Subject (Topic):
Births, Butchers, Chamber pots, Canopy beds, Interiors, Physicians, and Rabbits
A sparse interior where (G) Mary Toft lies on a curtained bed apparently in the throes of labour. She is attended by (E) her husband Joshua Toft and (F) his sister Margaret, acting as nurse. (D) Dr John Howard is receiving a dead rabbit from a butcher at the door. There are three other men in the room: (A) Nathaniel St André, (C) John Maubray or Cyriacus Ahlers, and (B) a third (Sir John Manningham or Samuel Molyneux) whose arm is thrust beneath Mary's skirts. Rabbits scamper across the floor; others lie dead; to the right is a chamber pot."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wise men of Godliman in consultation
Description:
Title engraved below image., State, date, and place of publication from Paulson., According to Hogarth's early biographer John Nichols, the print was commissioned by a group of rival surgeons paying a guinea each., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to: 26 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Toft, Mary, 1703-1763, Toft, Joshua, fl. 1720-1726, Manningham, Richard, Sir, 1690-1759, St. André, Nathanael, 1680-1776, and Howard, John, fl. 1690-1720
Subject (Topic):
Births, Butchers, Chamber pots, Canopy beds, Interiors, Physicians, and Rabbits
A sparse interior where (G) Mary Toft lies on a curtained bed apparently in the throes of labour. She is attended by (E) her husband Joshua Toft and (F) his sister Margaret, acting as nurse. (D) Dr John Howard is receiving a dead rabbit from a butcher at the door. There are three other men in the room: (A) Nathaniel St André, (C) John Maubray or Cyriacus Ahlers, and (B) a third (Sir John Manningham or Samuel Molyneux) whose arm is thrust beneath Mary's skirts. Rabbits scamper across the floor; others lie dead; to the right is a chamber pot."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wise men of Godliman in consultation
Description:
Title engraved below image., State, date, and place of publication from Paulson., According to Hogarth's early biographer John Nichols, the print was commissioned by a group of rival surgeons paying a guinea each., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., On page 42 in volume 1., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand in pencil, above this print and copy next to it: See Nichol's, Book 3rd edit, pp. 23.146.461. Old Impression; below: Given me by Revd. C.M. Crackerode.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Toft, Mary, 1703-1763, Toft, Joshua, fl. 1720-1726, Manningham, Richard, Sir, 1690-1759, St. André, Nathanael, 1680-1776, and Howard, John, fl. 1690-1720
Subject (Topic):
Births, Butchers, Chamber pots, Canopy beds, Interiors, Physicians, and Rabbits
Plate 61. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 48. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A mock coat-of-arms for physicians with fifteen heads of doctors, three of whom, in the top row, are identified as John Taylor, Sarah Mapp, and Joshua Ward; three in the lower centre peer at liquid in a glass phial, the one to left using a pince-nez. The whole is contained within a black border or hatchment supported by cross-bones. The text on the scroll at the bottom of the design: "Et plurima mortis imago."
Description:
Title etched below image., "Price six pence.", Title from British Museum catalogue: A consultation of physicians., Caption below image begins: "Beareth sable, an urinal proper, between 12 quack-heads of the second & 12 caneheads or consultant ...", Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Dod, Pierce (1683-1754) -- Bamber, Dr., and On page 84 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 259 x 179 mm.
Publisher:
Publish'd by W. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Ward, Joshua, 1685-1761, Taylor, John, 1703-1772, and Mapp, Sarah
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, and Staffs (Sticks)
Plate 61. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 48. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A mock coat-of-arms for physicians with fifteen heads of doctors, three of whom, in the top row, are identified as John Taylor, Sarah Mapp, and Joshua Ward; three in the lower centre peer at liquid in a glass phial, the one to left using a pince-nez. The whole is contained within a black border or hatchment supported by cross-bones. The text on the scroll at the bottom of the design: "Et plurima mortis imago."
Description:
Title etched below image., "Price six pence.", Title from British Museum catalogue: A consultation of physicians., Caption below image begins: "Beareth sable, an urinal proper, between 12 quack-heads of the second & 12 caneheads or consultant ...", Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Dod, Pierce (1683-1754) -- Bamber, Dr., and 1 print : etching with engraving, on laid paper ; sheet 270 x 194 mm.
Publisher:
Publish'd by W. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Ward, Joshua, 1685-1761, Taylor, John, 1703-1772, and Mapp, Sarah
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, and Staffs (Sticks)
Plate 61. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 48. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A mock coat-of-arms for physicians with fifteen heads of doctors, three of whom, in the top row, are identified as John Taylor, Sarah Mapp, and Joshua Ward; three in the lower centre peer at liquid in a glass phial, the one to left using a pince-nez. The whole is contained within a black border or hatchment supported by cross-bones. The text on the scroll at the bottom of the design: "Et plurima mortis imago."
Description:
Title etched below image., "Price six pence.", Title from British Museum catalogue: A consultation of physicians., Caption below image begins: "Beareth sable, an urinal proper, between 12 quack-heads of the second & 12 caneheads or consultant ...", Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Dod, Pierce (1683-1754) -- Bamber, Dr., and 1 print : etching with engraving, on laid paper ; plate mark 260 x 179 mm., on sheet 266 x 186 mm.
Publisher:
Publish'd by W. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Ward, Joshua, 1685-1761, Taylor, John, 1703-1772, and Mapp, Sarah
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, and Staffs (Sticks)
Plate 61. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 48. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A mock coat-of-arms for physicians with fifteen heads of doctors, three of whom, in the top row, are identified as John Taylor, Sarah Mapp, and Joshua Ward; three in the lower centre peer at liquid in a glass phial, the one to left using a pince-nez. The whole is contained within a black border or hatchment supported by cross-bones. The text on the scroll at the bottom of the design: "Et plurima mortis imago."
Description:
Title etched below image., "Price six pence.", Title from British Museum catalogue: A consultation of physicians., Caption below image begins: "Beareth sable, an urinal proper, between 12 quack-heads of the second & 12 caneheads or consultant ...", Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Dod, Pierce (1683-1754) -- Bamber, Dr., and 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 260 x 179 mm, on sheet 302 x 229 mm.
Publisher:
Publish'd by W. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Ward, Joshua, 1685-1761, Taylor, John, 1703-1772, and Mapp, Sarah
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, and Staffs (Sticks)
Plate 61. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 48. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A mock coat-of-arms for physicians with fifteen heads of doctors, three of whom, in the top row, are identified as John Taylor, Sarah Mapp, and Joshua Ward; three in the lower centre peer at liquid in a glass phial, the one to left using a pince-nez. The whole is contained within a black border or hatchment supported by cross-bones. The text on the scroll at the bottom of the design: "Et plurima mortis imago."
Description:
Title etched below image., "Price six pence.", Title from British Museum catalogue: A consultation of physicians., Caption below image begins: "Beareth sable, an urinal proper, between 12 quack-heads of the second & 12 caneheads or consultant ...", Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Dod, Pierce (1683-1754) -- Bamber, Dr., Ms. pencil note in Steevens hand above print: See Nichols's Book. 3d edit. p. 236., and On page 84 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 260 x 179 mm.
Publisher:
Publish'd by W. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Ward, Joshua, 1685-1761, Taylor, John, 1703-1772, and Mapp, Sarah
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, and Staffs (Sticks)