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1. "Here's a dreadful situation! ..." [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [19th century]
- Call Number:
- Print00829
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication from item., Above image: Notions of the Agreeable. No.42., 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 by William Spooner, 377, Strand and Printed by W. Kohler, 22, Denmark Street, Soho
- Subject (Topic):
- Gout, Obesity, Kettles, Sick persons, Fireplaces, Cats, and Bells
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > "Here's a dreadful situation! ..." [graphic].
2. "I only wish you had a touch of it." [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1822-1850]
- Call Number:
- Print00828
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's dates of activity., Place of publication derived from publisher's street address., Series name in margin above image., Below series name: Happiness to those who wish it to others., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
- Publisher:
- W. Spooner 259 Regent Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Gout, Invalids, Obesity, Sick persons, Medicines, Pillows, Crutches, and Bandages
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > "I only wish you had a touch of it." [graphic]
3. "I want to know, doctor ..." [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [19th century]
- Call Number:
- Print00830
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Date supplied by curator., 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 by W. Soffe, 380 Strand and Printed by W. Kohler 22 Denmark St.
- Subject (Topic):
- Gout, Obesity, Laziness, Black people, Sick persons, Physicians, Servants, and Ethnic stereotypes
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > "I want to know, doctor ..." [graphic].
4. A French invasion on the fashionable dress of 1798 [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.00.00.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Social satire; a tall thin man with a tasselled tricorn hat in one hand and wearing a sword, wig, buckled shoes and rings on both hands steps forward towards a large lady with a wreath in her hair, beauty spots, several rings, a cupid's bow and arrow on a ribbon round her neck, a large muff, and a very low decolletage; behind them their two dogs mimic their actions; the man asks "Beauty need note de foraine aid of ornamen but ees ven unadorn adorn de mos.", to which the woman replies "I really cannot resist the pleasing truth of the bewitching Markeee. - - ah! Sweet Sir I yield, ah!""--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Cruikshank on unverified card catalog record., Imprint burnished from plate. Originally published in 1798., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Song is an allusion to the Roast beef of Old England., and Watermark: John Hall 1825.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Bracelets, Courtship, Dogs, Dandies, French, Jewelry, Miniatures (Paintings), Obesity, Pendants (Jewelry), and Rings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A French invasion on the fashionable dress of 1798 [graphic]
5. A North Britain's contrivance for the accommodation of his wife [graphic]
- Creator:
- Finucane, Mathias, active 1797-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [25 November 1797]
- Call Number:
- 797.11.25.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the cobblestone street in front of an elegant house, a man in Scottish Highlander attire uses his back to hoist an obese woman into an awaiting carriage. The coachman stands beside him with a whip in hand; his nose is disfigured (syphilitic?).
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Numbered '204' in lower left of plate., One of the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., One line of text below title: Push on. -- Keep moving., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Published 25th November 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Carriages & coaches, Clothing & dress, Scottish, Coach drivers, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A North Britain's contrivance for the accommodation of his wife [graphic]
6. A bawd on her last legs [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1784]
- Call Number:
- Print10028
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A fat old woman leans back in an armchair, her left leg thrust forward. She pulls up her petticoat to display the bare leg, on which is a running sore, to an aged doctor (right), who bends over it, holding his spectacles to his eyes. Her desperate plight is apparent in the fixed stare with which she looks up and to the right. By her side (left) is a bottle and glass. A pretty young courtesan, resting her left arm on the back of the chair, leans forward to hold a candle above the leg."--British Museum online catalogue, description of reissued state
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Early state, before imprint added in lower margin. For a later state with imprint "Pubd. 1st June 1785 by E. Jackson, No. 14 Marybone Street, Golden Sqr.", see Royal Collection Trust online catalogue, RCIN 810132., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate reissued by publisher S.W. Fores in 1792; see no. 8197 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6. See also: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 311-12., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skin lesions.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Prostitution, Skin, Diseases, Courtesans, Physicians, Candles, Eyeglasses, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A bawd on her last legs [graphic]
7. A coronation stool [graphic].
- Creator:
- Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 19 July 1821]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 51. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Queen sits in profile to the right on a huge crown, her left foot on a footstool. She partly hides her face ... behind a fan inscribed C; in her right hand is a handkerchief. She is fat, very décolletée ..., with monstrous ostrich feathers in her hair."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Early state of a print published 21 July 1821 by G. Humphrey with the expanded title "A coronation stool, of repentance"; in addition to having a shorter title, this early state lacks the grimace on the Queen's face, the jewelry around her neck and on her hands, and the patterns on her dress and on the carpet beneath her. For the published state, see no. 14197 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Mounted on page 51 of: George Humphrey shop album.
- Publisher:
- G. Humphrey
- Subject (Name):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Crowns, Fans (Accessories), Feathers, Handkerchiefs, Obesity, Sitting, and Stools
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A coronation stool [graphic].
8. A coronation stool, of repentance [graphic].
- Creator:
- Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- July 19, 1821.
- Call Number:
- 821.07.19.07
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Queen sits in profile to the right on a huge crown, her left foot on a footstool. She partly hides her face and an ambiguous grimace behind a fan inscribed C; in her right hand is a handkerchief. She is fat, very décolletée, and bejewelled, with monstrous ostrich feathers in her hair."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamesls St.
- Subject (Name):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Crowns, Fans (Accessories), Feathers, Handkerchiefs, Obesity, Sitting, and Stools
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A coronation stool, of repentance [graphic].
9. A diver [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [6 April 1803]
- Call Number:
- Print00785
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A naked, bald, and grotesquely obese man stands on the tips of his toes about to plunge, or rather topple, into a bath, in which he admires, Narcissus-like, his own absurd reflection. He is poised on a platform projecting over the bath; behind him stands a comely young woman, watching in astonishment. A flesh-brush is beside her, another is on a seat on the opposite side of the bath, where a print of Narcissus is on the wall. An ugly old woman's head looks through a small rectangular aperture up m the wail; she is much amused at the scene. On the wall is a placard: 'Glowcocks Bagnio Cold and Hot Baths Cupping Sweating and otherwise cleansing the body performed here Lodgings for Gentlemen.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed with plate mark on top edge.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 6, 1803, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand, London
- Subject (Name):
- Narcissus (Greek mythological character),
- Subject (Topic):
- Prostitution, Public baths, Obesity, Therapeutic baths, Bathing, Nudes, and Signs (Notices)
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A diver [graphic]