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1. [Metallic tractors] [art original].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1801]
- Call Number:
- Print00302
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A fat man (right), seated in an armchair, undergoes an operation upon the carbuncles of his bloated nose. The thin operator (left) holds the patient's forehead and applies a small pointed instrument (a metallic tractor) to his nose. The seated man grits his teeth, clenches his fists, and winces in pain
- Description:
- Title supplied by curator., Unsigned; attribution to Gillray from curator., Date inferred from that of the related print., For Gillray's print of similar design that was published in 1801 by H. Humphrey, see no. 9761 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8., This 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: Metallic tractors -- Perkins, Elisha.
- Subject (Name):
- Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810
- Subject (Topic):
- Pain, Quacks and quackery, Quacks, Medical procedures & techniques, and Medical equipment & supplies
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [Metallic tractors] [art original].
2. [William Pitt facing a fearful crowd] [art original]
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1806?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings B87 no. 28 Box D300
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- William Pitt, wearing a tricorn hat and large sword at his side, stands defiantly shouting at a group of four men and one woman. He holds a rolled document in his fist behind him. One of the men, his hands outstretched as if to hold off Pitt or calm him down, confronts him while his companions cower behind him. The woman has fallen to her knees and turns in terror
- Alternative Title:
- Dreaded apparition
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Undated, but possibly just after Pitt's death; signed in lower right., Written in pencil in another hand: Vide Life of Mr. Pitt by the Bishop of Winchester. Page 285 - Vol. 1., and Written in pencil on verso in a later hand: Dreaded apparition.
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [William Pitt facing a fearful crowd] [art original]