"An apothecary's shop, the walls covered by jars closely ranged on shelves, a stuffed fish hanging from the ceiling. Behind a curtain (right) Death, wearing an apron, pounds at a mortar of 'slow Poison', looking gleefully in a mirror to watch the customers. The fat quack compounds medicines at the counter. A grotesque crowd of agonized patients enters through a doorway (left) inscribed 'Apothecaries Hall'. Two sit in arm-chairs. The jars are 'Canthar[ides]', 'Arsnic', 'Opium', 'Nitre', 'Vitriol', 'Elixir', with (right) 'Restorativ Drops'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
I have a secret art to cure each malady, which men endure
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue, taken from the heading to the printed page opposite the plate in The English dance of death., Couplet etched below image: I have a secret art to cure / each malady, which men endure., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from top margin and verses from bottom margin. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate from: Combe, W. The English dance of death. London : Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts ..., 1815-1816, v. 1, opposite page 85., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as death -- Pharmacy, interior -- Apothecaries.
Publisher:
Pub. July 1- 1814, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Combe, William, 1742-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Quacks and quackery, Skeletons, Interiors, Drugstores, Pharmacists, Mortars & pestles, Sick persons, Medicines, Shelving, Containers, and Mirrors
Tom Nero's body is laid out on a round table in a dissecting theatre. In niches on either side are two skeletons labeled "Gentn: Harry" and "Macleane" after two recently hanged criminals. Three doctors work on dissecting Tom's body as a dogs feeds on his entrails. The room is filled with doctors reading and discussing, the whole presided over by the chief surgeon in a large chair emblazoned with the arms of the Royal College of Physicians
Description:
Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., State, publisher, and series title from Paulson., Final plate in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Dissection -- Anatomical Theatres -- Prevention of Cruelty to Animals -- Company of Surgeons -- Surgeon's Hall -- Freke, John (1688-1756)., 1 print : woodcut ; sheet 458 x 383 mm., and Printed on wove paper. Perhaps an impression published by Boydell after Mrs. Hogarth's death in 1789; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Cc,2.171.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Anatomy, Criminals, Dogs, Dissections, Medical education, Rake's progress, Physicians, and Skeletons
Title supplied by curator., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from printmaker's place of residence during her career making aquatints., Sheet trimmed., 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: Barber surgeons; Skin lesions., and Mounted with pencil and wash border. Mount has blind stamp H.L. D 6 across bottom. Label verso: No. 5 Dessin D'Adrian van Ostade Du Cabinet de Monsieur Jean Frederic ?Culing a Franckfort sur le Mein. M. Cath. Prestel Sc.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Surgery, Skin, Diseases, Pain, and Medical equipment & supplies
Title supplied by curator., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from printmaker's place of residence during her career making aquatints., Sheet trimmed., 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: Barber surgeons; Skin lesions., and Mounted with pencil and wash border.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Surgery, Skin, Diseases, Pain, and Medical equipment & supplies
Title and date from item., Place of publication derived from publisher's street address., Caption below image: Dr. Lettsom, the Person introducing the Mother; Dr. Hawes sitting on the Bed supporting the Young Man., Below image on left: To the King's most excellent Majesty, Patron--the President, Vice Presidents,--The Stewards & Directors of the Humane Society: This Print of The Young Man restored to Life Is most humbly Dedicated--by his Majesty's Dutiful Subject & Servant, Robert Pollard. NB. This Society was instituted in the Year 1774, and in the space of 13 Years, has restored 897 Persons to their Friends & the Public., The inscription is also in French below image on right., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Published 26th March 1787, by R. Pollard, Engraver No.15 Braynes Row, Spa Fields
Subject (Topic):
Asphyxia, Drowning, Resuscitation, Emotions, Physicians, Families, Medicines, and Drowning victims
Title derived from text written in image., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and The artist was an arsonist, but was found not guilty on grounds of insanity and was a patient in Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England).
Subject (Name):
Wallace, William, Sir, -1305.
Subject (Topic):
Crowns, Daggers and swords, Straitjackets, and Art and mental illness