An obese gouty man in trouble, while his attendants cavort. The man's kettle boils over scalding his gouty foot and startling the cat, in his alarm he knocks over the table and snaps the bell-rope; the couple cavorting in the doorway are oblivious to his strife
Alternative Title:
Careless attention
Description:
Titles in French and English below image., According to Nicholas J.S. Knowles, this is a 20th century reproduction of a drawing by Rowlandson. For an etching after the same drawing, published in 1789, see The Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog, accession no.: 59.533.327. See also: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 256., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Sex behavior.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Obesity, Home accidents, Household employees, House furnishings, Fireplaces, Kettles, Cats, Servants, Women domestics, and Lust
Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist at lower right., Date of production based on subject matter., Originally published in the New Yorker., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Topic):
Skeletons, Horticulture, Victory gardens, and Physicians
Title provided by curator., In pencil lower right margin: Ivo Saliger., Date of publication and alternate title from copy of print in the Library of Congress, https://lccn.loc.gov/2006677457., Place of publication derived from printmaker's nationality., This electronic 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: Radiation therapy; Skeleton as Death.
Publisher:
publisher unknown
Subject (Topic):
Radiotherapy, Breast, Cancer, Death (Personification)., Sick persons, Skeletons, Radiologists, and Scientific equipment
Title devised by curator., Signed in white at bottom., Date of production devised 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.
Subject (Geographic):
Indonesia.
Subject (Topic):
Hinduism, Religious dance, and Balinese (Indonesian people)
Title in pencil lower center margin., Signed in pencil lower right margin: Wulf., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from pencil notation on verso., Blind stamp lower right margin: Federal Art Project., Edition of 25., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Alcohol use., and Verso, in pencil at bottom: Calif--Lloyd Wulf--Litho.
Subject (Topic):
Alcoholism, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Bars, Men, and Bottles
Title supplied by curator., Date derived from style of dress depicted., Artist's name on plate at lower left., Place of publication derived from artist's likely nationality., This electronic 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: Skeleton as Death.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification)., Mortality, Sick persons, Physicians, Clocks & watches, Coffins, Skeletons, and Medicines
Title devised by curator., Signed in white at bottom right., Date of production devised 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.
Subject (Geographic):
Indonesia.
Subject (Topic):
Hinduism, Death, Monkeys, Sick persons, Prayer, and Balinese (Indonesian people)