"A footman hands a plate of food to an elderly man in night attire while carelessly letting scalding water pour from a kettle on to the latter's leg."--British museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and series number engraved above image., Tenth plate in a series of twenty: Le Brun travested, or, Caricatures of the passions. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, page 655., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Three lines of text below image: The curious observer of the passions has only to get a careless servant to pour some hot water on his foot, in a case of the gout, & he will soon know the nature of acute pain., "No. 10.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 28.6 x 21.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., With publisher's stamp: RA., and Mounted on leaf 19 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. 21 Jan. 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809 (George Moutard),
"A footman hands a plate of food to an elderly man in night attire while carelessly letting scalding water pour from a kettle on to the latter's leg."--British museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and series number engraved above image., Tenth plate in a series of twenty: Le Brun travested, or, Caricatures of the passions. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, page 655., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Three lines of text below image: The curious observer of the passions has only to get a careless servant to pour some hot water on his foot, in a case of the gout, & he will soon know the nature of acute pain., "No. 10.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 26 x 19.6 cm., Contemorary ms. note in ink below printmaker's name: Jany. 1800., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., and Mounted on leaf 18 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. 21 Jan. 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809 (George Moutard),
"A bare foot, inflamed and hideously swollen, rests on a cushion. The demon of gout, snorting fire, spreads himself over the affected part, digging in barbed fangs and sharp teeth. His barbed and serrated tail waves above him."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Demons & devils., 1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.0 x 36.1 cm, on sheet 29.3 x 39.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 2 of volume 10 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 14th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
