Title devised by curator., In ink lower margin: Docr. Gall drawn by T. Rowlandson and given to his old friend Smith., Date of production based on artist's death date., Place of production based on artist's nationality., Ownership stamp in red ink, lower left: LSD., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; attribution to Rowlandson from curator., Date based on artist's death date., and This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
A man dressed in nightclothes sits in an armchair in front of a fireplace. His feet and legs are in bandages, and rest on a pillow. On a table next to him stands a bowl and spoon and a medicine bottle. He greets with enthusiasm a small dish of food being brought to him by a young woman
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date of production supplied by curator., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Watermark 1824.
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Diet therapy, Sick persons, Food, and Servants
Title, place of publication, and date supplied by curator., Figures depicted are labeled: Giovani Baptista Belzoni; Ann Siggs; Patrick O'Brien; George Romondo; Mr. Daniel Lambert., 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 (Name):
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778-1823,, Cotter, Patrick, 1759 or 1760-1806,, Lambert, Daniel, 1770-1809,, Romondo, George, 1765-after 1804,, Siggs, Ann,, and O'Brien, Patrick, 1760-1806,
Subject (Topic):
Abnormalities, Human, Human curiosities, Giants (Persons)., Dwarfs, Bodybuilders, and Obesity
Title devised by cataloger. and This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title supplied by curator., From British Museum website: Hans Buling. Dutch mountebank and actor in London in the 1670s., Date and place of publication derived from British Museum information., 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: Mountebanks; Buling, Hans.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medicine shows, Patent medicines, Spectators, Quacks & quackery, and Fools & jesters
Title devised by curator., Date based on artist's date of death., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[before 1809]
Call Number:
Print00996
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist in ink at lower left., Date based on artist's date of death., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
A fat man (right), seated in an armchair, undergoes an operation upon the carbuncles of his bloated nose. The thin operator (left) holds the patient's forehead and applies a small pointed instrument (a metallic tractor) to his nose. The seated man grits his teeth, clenches his fists, and winces in pain
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Unsigned; attribution to Gillray from curator., Date inferred from that of the related print., For Gillray's print of similar design that was published in 1801 by H. Humphrey, see no. 9761 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8., This 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: Metallic tractors -- Perkins, Elisha.
Subject (Name):
Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810
Subject (Topic):
Pain, Quacks and quackery, Quacks, Medical procedures & techniques, and Medical equipment & supplies