Consists of the "interior of a dispensary where the viscount has brought his child-mistress to visit M.de la Pillule whose remedy has not cured her venereal disease; a large, well-dressed woman (perhaps a procuress) looks angrily at the young man and opens a knife, while the quack polishes his glasses; the room contains numerous medical and scientific objects, including machines for straightening shoulders and for drawing corks, a dried crocodile, a narwhal's tusk, and two mummies."--British Museum online catalogue and After Hogarth's painting "The Inspection" in the National Gallery, London
Description:
Title engraved below image., In lower left corner: Size of picture 3 ft. by 2 ft. 4 in., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 3 in a series of 6 images, known as "The inspection.", Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2717., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 160., and Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 230.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1, 1798, by J. & J. Boydell, N. 90, Cheapside ; & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
Subject (Topic):
Children, Crocodiles, Medical equipment & supplies, Nobility, Physicians, Prostitutes, Quacks, Rake's progress, Scientific equipment, Sexually transmitted diseases, and Skeletons
