Title from item., Date and place of publication from item., Description from British Museum website: A broadside satire on the quack Richard Rock shown standing on the foot board of his chaise in Covent Garden; the horse, somewhat cross-eyed, standing quietly. He is finely dressed and holds a cup in one hand. His medicine chest stands open behind him, and his hat hangs inside the hood of the chaise. To the right of the chaise is a hunchbacked (?) man, possibly Rock's assistant, or toady, under whose arm is a package of books lettered "Dr. Rock 52 ways f[ro]m Ratlife" . Among the the crowd gathered around Rock are, on the left, two soldiers, one with a sword and wearing spatterdashes who may be intended as a blind man, has his hand on the shoulder of a bald man who holds his hat in his hand, gazing distractedly at Rock; behind Rock is a man apparently on horseback; on the right, a pregnant gin seller who has a large open basket slung from her waist in which are glasses and wicker bottles, the basket is lettered "S[an]d[y]'s Public spirit" (a reference to the recent Act of Parliament relaxing the law against gin), a another poorly clad woman with a large fish (?) basket resting against her leg, and a man offering a coin to Rock. To the right of the chaise can be seen the pillar with a sun-dial and globe which stood in Covent Garden market. Below, letterpress text satirising Rock with allusions to contemporary political affairs, including a probable reference to George II's frequent visits to Hanover, described as "an itch for Rambling"., 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 April 2d, 1743, according to Act of Parliament, by G. Foster, at the White Horse, on Ludgate-Hill, and G. Bickham in May's-Buildings, Cove[nt-Garden, London--lacking]
Subject (Name):
Rock, Richard, 1690?-1777.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Great Britain, Politics and government, Physicians, Spectators, Medicine shows, Selling, and Horses
Title etched above image., Date and place of publication from item., Below image: "Get thee Glass Eyes, and like a Scurvy Poitician, seem to see the things thou dost not". Vide Shakespear's Lear., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Pen and pencil drawings verso.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany.14.1793. by J. Aitken No.14 [4 reversed] Castle Street
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Great Britain, Politics and government, Politicians, Mentally ill persons, and Daggers & swords
Title etched below image., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication from item., 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: Politics, British; Politics, Swedish.
Publisher:
chez Martinet rue du Coq no.15
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Gustav IV Adolf, King of Sweden, 1778-1837, and Gall, F. J. 1758-1828 (Franz Joseph),
Subject (Topic):
Phrenology, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Great Britain, Politics and government, Sweden, Skulls, Politicians, Kings, and Physicians
Title and date from item., Published in Punch, or the London Charivari, 22 November 1879., Bradbury & Evans were publishers of Punch at the time, and were located in London., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Bradbury & Evans
Subject (Name):
Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881 and St. Cyres, Stafford Harry Northcote, Viscount, 1869-1926
Subject (Topic):
Great Britain, Politics and government, Economic conditions, Alchemy, Politicians, Chemicals, and Bellows
Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from print being published in Punch., 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: Politics, British.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Graham, James, Sir, 1792-1861.
Subject (Topic):
Great Britain, Politics and government, Drugs, Sick persons, Pubs, Pharmacists, Medicines, and Eating & drinking
Title from item., Published: The Political Register. Vol. 2, June, 1768., In lower margin: The Blood & Vitals from her Wounds he drew, And Fed the Hounds that help'd him to pursue. Dryden., British Museum description: Satirical frontispiece to the Political Register, June 1768, showing Britannia stabbed by Lord Bute, her blood caught in bowls held by Lords Weymouth and Barrington; behind on the right, Lord Mansfield hands a bowl of blood to Lord Chatham who is seated his gouty leg on a stool and holding a crutch; on the steps in front of them, Lord Talbot drinks greedily from another bowl, a spit hanging by his side instead of a sword identifies him Lord Steward of the Household; behind on the left, Fletcher Norton, in legal robes, stands drinking from another bowl, an unidentified man leans forward to look at Britannia as she falls back, and another lawyer stands behind drinking from yet another bowl., 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):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Bath, Thomas Thynne, Marquis of, 1734-1796., Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793., Talbot, William Talbot, Earl of, 1710-1782., and Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789.
Subject (Topic):
Great Britain, Politics and government, Politicians, Blood, Crutches, Bowls (Tableware)., and Homicides
Toms, W. H. (William Henry), approximately 1700-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[circa 1730-1745]
Call Number:
Print10157
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Date and place of publication from British Museum website., Description from British Museum: A satire [of] political ignorance set in a country barber-surgeon's shop in which the people have been given the heads of animals. At centre left, an old woman with the head of a cat, is being bled by a man with the head of an elephant whose hand is on her left breast, a monkey-headed boy holds a basin to catch the blood spurting from her arm. Behind them a man, with a boar's head wearing a work-apron reads from the Grub Street Journal to a man with the head of an ass and a bell round his neck. In the centre a cat-man sitting on a barrel holding a shaving dish has his whiskers trimmed by a barber with an ape's head on top of which is a flamboyant hat with long feathers. An ape-man behind waits his turn, and a man with two wooden legs and a crutch leaves through an open door. Overhead on the left is a projecting sign from which hangs a board showing an owl beneath which is written "Shave & Bleed for A Peny". Stuffed creatures hang from the ceiling: a grotesque fish, an eel with gaping moth, and an ape. The wall at the rear has been chalked with tallies and three wigs hang from it. A table in the foreground on the right has pulled teeth and various barbers' instruments on it. A hat with a large feather lies on the ground., 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: Barber surgery & surgeons; Barber shops, interior.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Great Britain, Politics and government, Phlebotomy, Barbers, Barbershops, Peg legs, Shaving, Wigs, Donkeys, Swine, Monkeys, Cats, Surgical instruments, Crutches, and Elephants
Title and date supplied by curator., Verse below image., 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 (Topic):
Great Britain, Politics and government, Phlebotomy, Barbers, Barbershops, Peg legs, Shaving, Wigs, Donkeys, Swine, Monkeys, Cats, Elephants, Teeth, and Newspapers