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 from manuscript note in artist's hand., Place of creation based on artist's place of residence., Date of creation based on dedicatee's date of death., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., "Herbert Thoms imp. for Clem Fry." in pencil lower right., and "5/Erewhon" in pencil lower left.
Title in pencil lower left margin: Operation II., Date derived from artist's date of death., In pencil lower right: MOPP., 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: Operations.
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 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)