A shield with an azure field and a large garbe of wheat at center. At the crest, atop a torse, is a dog passant. Surrounding the shield are two long flowery stems; at the base of the shield, atop both the stems, is a long, striped banner.
Subject (Name):
Grosvenor, John
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Dogs, Nature, Shield, Shields, and Surgeons
An ornament design, hanging in the center by a ribbon and surrounded by vines and entwined branches. Edged with a beaded design, at the center is a crest with an or field and divided by a chevron counter-compony. At the helm, atop a torse, is a weasel. Beneath the ornament, where the two boughs are combined, is a banner with the motto Be Just and Fear Not.
Subject (Name):
Lee, John
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates., Dogs, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
Title from item., Date and place of publication derived from other versions of work., A poor copy after Dighton., Text on compass: Fear God., Text encircling central image: Keep within compass and you shall be sure to avoid many troubles which others endure., 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: Morality.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Conduct of life, Ethics, Money, Compasses (Drawing instruments), Dogs, Farms, Punishment & torture, Vice, Eating & drinking, Prisoners, and Prisons
Printed in red ink is a coat of arms with a flory-styled cross beneath a chief with three buckles upon it. At the helm is a knight's helmet surrounded by mantling. Beneath the mantling, to the left, is a medal of honor. At the crest is a large dog's head.
Title etched below image., Date from item., Place of publication derived from street address., In upper right margin: 45., 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: Hydrophobia.
Publisher:
Pubd 1826 at the Artist Depy 21 Charlotte St Fitzroy Sq.
Subject (Topic):
Rabies, Dogs, Crowds, Fear, Shooting, and Umbrellas
Title and date from item., Place of publication derived from creators' nationalities., Published: Attic Miscellany I: 121., Sheet trimmmed within plate mark with loss of artist's inscriptions. Information is supplied from copy in the Wellcome Collection., Attic Miscellany I, p. 121., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the Act directs by Bentley & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Magnetic healing, Quacks and quackery, Magnets, Sick persons, Dogs, Urination, Snuff, and Quacks & quackery
An obese woman hoisted upon her servant's back as her doctor's prescribed cure for flatulence. The lady asks: "O! dear, doctor, has John studied the book?", her doctor replies: "Aye, aye; nothing requir'd but my book, page 75 -gently John! Gently! Page 75". The black servant exclaims: "Eh! eh! Missey, you makey wind for true." The doctor has some resemblance to John Abernethy
Alternative Title:
Cure for flatulency
Description:
Title etched below image., "A. Sharpshooter" is the pseudonym of John Phillips; see British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published November 30, 1829, by S. Gans, 15 Southampton Street, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Patients, Household employees, Dogs, Flatulence, Black people, House furnishings, Costume, History, Obesity, and Servants
"A fat citizen (three-quarter length), seated in an armchair, endures an operation upon the carbuncles of his bloated nose. The operator (left), thin and high-shouldered, holds the patient's forehead and applies a small pointed instrument (a metallic tractor) causing flames to gush from nose and nostrils. On a small table (left) are a decanter of 'Brandy' with a jug and steaming glass, lemon, and sugar, the patient's pipe lying across a newspaper: 'The True Briton. Theatre Dead Alive. Grand Exhibition in Leicester Square, just arrived from America the Rod of Æsculapius. Perkinism in all its Glory - being a certain Cure for all Disorders, Red Noses, Gouty Toes, Windy Bowels, Broken Legs, Hump Backs. Just discover'd, the Grand Secret of the Philosopher's Stone with the True way of turning all Metals into Gold, pro bono publico.' On the wall (right) is a picture of an infant Bacchus, astride a cask, holding out a decanter and a glass."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Metallic tractors -- Perkins, Elisha., 1 print : etching and aquatint with engraving, hand-colored ; sheet 24.4 x 31.5 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 11, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810
Subject (Topic):
Pain, Quacks and quackery, Quacks, Medical procedures & techniques, Medical equipment & supplies, Pipes (Smoking), Newspapers, and Dogs
"A fat citizen (three-quarter length), seated in an armchair, endures an operation upon the carbuncles of his bloated nose. The operator (left), thin and high-shouldered, holds the patient's forehead and applies a small pointed instrument (a metallic tractor) causing flames to gush from nose and nostrils. On a small table (left) are a decanter of 'Brandy' with a jug and steaming glass, lemon, and sugar, the patient's pipe lying across a newspaper: 'The True Briton. Theatre Dead Alive. Grand Exhibition in Leicester Square, just arrived from America the Rod of Æsculapius. Perkinism in all its Glory - being a certain Cure for all Disorders, Red Noses, Gouty Toes, Windy Bowels, Broken Legs, Hump Backs. Just discover'd, the Grand Secret of the Philosopher's Stone with the True way of turning all Metals into Gold, pro bono publico.' On the wall (right) is a picture of an infant Bacchus, astride a cask, holding out a decanter and a glass."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., A reduced copy of a print by James Gillray, published 11 November 1801 by Hannah Humphrey. Cf. No. 9761 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8., Publication information from that of the periodical in which the plate was issued., Plate from: London und Paris. Weimar: Im Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs, 1802, Bd. 9., Numbered "No. VIII" in upper right corner of design., Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist, page 281., Cf. Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 506., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Metallic tractors.
Publisher:
Im Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs
Subject (Name):
Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810
Subject (Topic):
Pain, Quacks and quackery, Quacks, Medical procedures & techniques, Medical equipment & supplies, Pipes (Smoking), Newspapers, and Dogs
"A fat gouty invalid sits full face in a high-backed armchair beside his bedroom fire (left). He registers anguish as a young naval officer seizes his left hand, and tramples on his left. foot. An old nurse, followed by a man (right), pursue the officer into the room, much dismayed. A barking dog runs in front of them. Medicine bottles are ranged on the chimney-piece, a kettle stands on the fire, a high trivet with a dish is by the fender. At the invalid's right hand are a crutch and a round table with bowl and medicine bottle. A bird is in a cage."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
When in the gout - receiving the ruinous salutation of a muscular friend ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: When in the gout - receiving the ruinous salutation of a muscular friend (a sea captain) who, seizing your hand in the first transports of a sudden meeting, affectionately crumbles your chalky knuckles with the gripe of a grappling iron ..., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of page number from upper right. Missing numbering supplied from impression in the British Museum., "Page 270"--Upper right corner., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 112 x 170 mm., and Hand-colored.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand