"A very stout elderly man in old-fashioned dress holds on his knee a slim and elegant courtesan, who holds out her dress to receive the guineas which he pours into her lap. Beside them (right) is a table laid with knife, fork, and lamb chop (?)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins.
Publisher:
Pub. March 1811 by Wm. Holland No. 11 Cockspur St.
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Medical Fees -- Unsuccessful treatment, 1 print : etching and aquatint, hand-colored., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all text from lower margin., and Pasted to mounting sheet with ink and wash border.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 1st, 1786, by H. Brookes, Coventry Street
Subject (Topic):
Death, Sick persons, Physicians, Wages, Military uniforms, and British