An obese, angry-faced man in a night cap sits in a chair glaring out the window, his two gouty feet are bandaged and propped up on a pillow; both of his arms are also bandaged, his right arm in a sling. He is wearing a night cap and a heavy, lined ro...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 1832 by O. Hodgson, Cloth Fair, Smithfield
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Anger, Diseases, Medicine, Obesity, and Volcanic eruptions
Design consists of twenty-one individually-captioned panels arranged in three horizonal rows illustrating Johnny's arrival in Jamaica, his contracting Yellow Fever, his illness and temporary recovery, his brief participation in Jamaican society, his r...
Alternative Title:
Johnny Newcome in the island of Jamaica
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubbished [sic] by Willm. Holland, No. 50, Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Jamaica
Subject (Topic):
Social conditions, Black people, Pulse, Mosquitoes as carriers of disease, Diseases, Relapse, Medicines, Bedrooms, Cemeteries, Clergy, Servants, Lawyers, Coffins, Couples, Death, Interiors, Physicians, Vomiting, Yellow fever, and Hunting
A well-dressed young woman visiting her smallpocked uncle, delivers three oranges. Dressed in a robe and nightcap, he sits in a upholstered chair with his feet on a pillow, his face and hands covered in pustules; beside him is a table with a pitcher, ...
Alternative Title:
Petite vèrole
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Chez Gautier rue Poupée, no. 7
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Smallpox, Diseases, Sick persons, Clothing & dress, Sick, and Visiting the sick
"A crowded interior. An old maid, grotesquely lean, spectacled, and hideous, sits in an arm-chair beside her fire (left) on which a concoction in a saucepan boils over, surrounded by fierce flames. This she stirs with a spoon but turns to the right to...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Topic):
Foot, Diseases, Birdcages, Cats, Dogs, Feet, Fireplaces, Medicine, Pets, and Single women
"The interior of a poverty-stricken room. An old man (left) seated in a chair is rubbing one foot which rests on a low stool with the contents of a bottle held in his right hand. He wears a night-cap, his hat and wig hang on the back of his chair. A w...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Podiatry, Foot, Diseases, Interiors, Poverty, Teapots, Fireplaces, Eyeglasses, Beds, Cats, and Pain
"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 ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 14th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
As described in the Gospel of St John, Chapter V, Christ is shown healing the sick beside the Pool of Bethesda, as an angel observes from above. At the center Christ reaches out to a crippled man who sits beside the Pool of Bethesda, shown here with a...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published Feby. 24th 1772 by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ,
Subject (Topic):
Bethesda, Pool of., Biblical events, Diseases, Healing, Miracles, People with disabilities, and Sexually transmitted diseases
