Puck (German) (7:350), cover. By F. Opper, Puck on bicycle, at the head of line of cyclists, carrying crutches, splints, bandages, arnica, and a Medical and Surgical Directory. Hansen database #179.
"An imitation of British Museum Satires No. 8913, by Woodward. A fat parson sits drinking beside a small round table. His face is fiery and carbuncled. He wears gown and bands, with unbuttoned waistcoast, and ungartered stocking; his wig is back to front. Opposite him, on a round stool sits Care, a naked man, grotesque, aged, emaciated, with a scraggy beard and long grey hair, and talons on hands and feet; he registers gloomy terror. The parson, with a contemptuous smile, snaps his fingers at Care. On the table are decanter, pipe, tobacco-box, and lemon. On the wall (left) is a 'List of the Tythes for the Parish of Guttledown'. A patterned carpet completes the design. An illustration of the song (illustrated also by R. Cruikshank in 'The Universal Songster', ii, 1826, page 129)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Depression -- Songs., 1 print : etching with engraving, hand-colored ; sheet 208 x 250 mm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publishd. June 16th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Alcoholic beverages, Pipes (Smoking), and Lemons
Title from item., Place of publication and date supplied by curator., Below image left: 15., Verse below image: Begone you old wretch, with one leg in the grave,\ Do you think I would wed you? besotted old knave,\ You daily are getting more drunken and worse,\ And would now wish to get a young wife for a nurse., 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: Taking medicine; Foot baths; Coryza.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Fever, Alcoholism, Sick persons, Medicines, and Basins (Containers).
Harper's Weekly (19:963), page 488. Unsigned cartoon (by M. Woolf (?) or by Nast?) attacking Catholics' pursuit of the public schools. Refers to a (recent?) event, shows mouse of bigotry about to nibble at public school cheese triggering a trap in which it'll be crushed by public opinion. Hansen database #93.