"Representation of Dr Grosvenor in smart attire, walking to the left whilst clutching the glove of his right hand in his left hand. He wears black boots, a blue, double-breasted over-coat, and a black hat, and is accompanied by a white dog."--British Museum online catalogue and "Grosvenor (1742-1823), who became the most noted practical surgeon in Oxford, was admitted to the priviliges of the University in 1768, as 'chirurgus'. On the death of the University Printer in 1795 he became chief proprietor and editor of the Oxford Journal."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Surgeons -- Oxford University -- Oxford Journal., Leaf 33 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Dr. Grovernor" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
On the left an emaciated patient sits in a commode chair next to a table filled with medicine bottles with labels reading: James's Powders, [La]udanum, Sweating Draught, Opening Draught, Emetic. Beneath are a cask labeled "Peruvian bark" and a jug labeled 'Garlic". From the right a group of nine physicians carry letters of thanks to their "friend" Influenza and converse about the benefits they have reaped from his visitation to the city
Description:
Title etched below image., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Purgatives; Unsuccessful treatments; Peruvian Bark; Angelica root & nitre; Infectious diseases., and Watermark: Strasburg Lily.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 20th, 1803 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Title from item., One plate printed on two sheets, each of the sheets with its own title etched below image., Printmaker and artist from first state published print 1 Jan. 1790 by Bentley & Co. as: Magentic dispensary., Date surmised from publication date of Magazine., Above left half of the joined image: Engraved for the Carlton House magazine., Reissue, with altered title, of no. 7748 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Temporary local subject terms: Machines for magnetic cures -- Bag-wig -- Male costume, 1790 -- Female costume, 1790 -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Animal magnetism -- Dr. Yeldell.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
De Mainauduc, John Boniot, -1797 and Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812
A group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. A version of the print also published with lettering "The company of undertakers". The three named quacks occupy the top, twelve other 'doctors' are situated in the lower half; most of them have gold canes held up to their noses, one is dipping his finger into a urinal while another holds it.
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date of publication from watermark., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered "138" in lower left corner., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 144., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2299., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: 1817.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Title etched in open letters below image., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of first letters in title. Missing letters supplied in contemporary hand., Dated from the ms. note on impression at The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted on verso of a partially trimmed map: Operations of the siege of the citadel of Antwerp showing the 1st and 2nd parallels and the commencement of the works of the 3rd. London : Published by M. Colnaghi, Decr. 1832., and Mounted to 22 x 28 cm.
Two physicians greet each other. The one on the left has a large belly and holds his hands in his pockets. The one on the right is smaller and thinner and holds his hat in his hand. From a piece of paper protruding from his pocket reads: "Pitts[...] Salutarian."
Description:
Title etched below image. and Date conjectured from costume.
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