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1. A chip of the old block [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gleadah, Joshua, active 1815-1836, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- May 1st, 1832.
- Call Number:
- Print00904
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A midwife holds out a newborn child, who exhibits a combination its parents' physical traits: the nose of its mother, who lies in bed, and the hook arm, peg leg, glasses and queue of its father, who stands proudly at the foot of the bed. The midwife exclaims, "My good gracious! Hear's [sic] a family likeness for ye. It's Daddy all over with Mammy's nose. Bless it's [sic] little soul. Hey diddle diddle." A fireplace is visible on the right side of the room; a cat claws the bedding and looks up at the child
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Tregear, Cheapside, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Genetics, Prosthesis, Children, Infants, Parents, Midwives, Amputees, Peg legs, Interiors, Beds, Fireplaces, and Cats
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A chip of the old block [graphic]
