"The convalescent sits full face behind a small dinner-table. He holds up a glass of wine with a smile of satisfaction, and is about to carve a bird. He wears his nightcap. Behind his chair stands a stout footman in livery, smiling broadly."--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: Domestic service: Footman in Livery -- Table Settings -- Food: Fowl -- Convalescents -- Medical Procedures -- Dishes: Gravy Boat., and 1 print : etching with engraving and stipple ; 265 x 204 mm.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 28th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street, London
Botel, F. Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978 Leake, Elizabeth Yale University. School of Medicine
Published / Created:
1952
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stock bookplate, one not made specifically for Dr. & Mrs. Leake. The scene shows a seated man receiving a book offered from another; a country scene can be viewed in the background. Beneath are various rocks, flora, and animals.
Subject (Name):
Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978, Leake, Elizabeth, and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, Medical historians, Nature, Physicians, and Scholars, Medieval
"Interior view of the dining hall in the hospital; fresco covering end wall; men in red coats and black hats sit at long tables in hall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 252., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 98., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Chelsea Hospital -- Chelsea pensioners., and 1 print : aquatint and etching ; plate mark 23.5 x 27.7 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1st, 1810, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England) and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Hospitals, Veterans' hospitals, Dinners and dining, Interiors, Murals, Dining rooms, Dining tables, Eatings & drinking, Disabled veterans, Amputees, and Peg legs
Title in ink below image., Signed by the artist., Below the title, written in ink, "Chelsea Hospital, the grand national asylum for decayed and maimed Soldiers, it was b[egun] by Charles II, carried on by James II, and completed by William III.", and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Geographic):
Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England), and Great Britain.
A coat of arms divided into two portions, with the head and wings of a cherub flanked by two star-shaped objects in the upper portion, and two garbs and an arrow beneath in the lower portion.
Subject (Name):
Chester Royal Infirmary Medical Library
Subject (Topic):
Armorial bookplates, Medical libraries, Shield, Shields, and Star
Title and publisher from item., Date from item: National Poison Prevention Week, March 20-26, 1977., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Prepared by the American Pharmaceutical Association and [1977].
Subject (Topic):
Accidental poisoning in children, Poisoning, Chemicals, and Locks (Hardware).