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.
Alternative Title:
Company of undertakers
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Nichols, J. The genuine works of William Hogarth. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster Row, 1808-17, v. 2, page 144., Copy of an engraving by Hogarth that was published in 1736. Cf. No. 2299 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3. See also: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 144., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Criticism of the medical profession -- Dod, Pierce (1683-1754) -- Bamber, Dr.
Publisher:
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Mapp, Sarah, -1737,, Taylor, John, 1703-1772,, and Ward, Joshua, 1685-1761,
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Quacks and quackery, Costume, Medical equipment & supplies, Staffs (Sticks), and Wigs
Portrait after Hogarth, full-length standing in a landscape, right hand on a stone ledge, hat and cane in his left, looking at and bowing slightly to the viewer with right foot advanced, wearing a suit with a high sheen, the coat open to reveal a long waistcoat decorated with flourishes
Description:
Title etched below image. and Gustavus Lord Viscount Boyne was an Irish nobleman (1710-1746); 1735 member of the English House of Commons; 1737 Commissioner of the Revenue of Ireland.
Portrait after Hogarth, full-length standing in a landscape, right hand on a stone ledge, hat and cane in his left, looking at and bowing slightly to the viewer with right foot advanced, wearing a suit with a high sheen, the coat open to reveal a long waistcoat decorated with flourishes
Description:
Title etched below image. and Gustavus Lord Viscount Boyne was an Irish nobleman (1710-1746); 1735 member of the English House of Commons; 1737 Commissioner of the Revenue of Ireland.
A politician sits center in a chair before a table with a single candlestick on top. He holds the candle itself in his hand as he closely examines a sheet of paper, oblivious to the fact that the candle is burning a hole in the brim of his hat. A copy after Hogarth without the two wall maps
Description:
Title etched below image. and Copy of No. 1980 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2.