Mutual accusation [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Mutual accusation [graphic]
- Creator
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Contributor
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Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, publisher. - Published / Created
- 3d January 1774.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd by Bretherton
- Abstract
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Two quack doctors (left) are having a heated altercation in a street or square outside their respective houses. From the corner of a house on the left hangs a sign, "Dr Walker's veritable antiscorbutic Pills. Beware of Impostors". From the house on the right. a sign projects, "True antiscorbutic Pills". The doctors wear large wigs and swords, and carry three-cornered hats. One (left) holds in his hand a medicine-bottle; behind them are two dogs fighting. Their wives (right) are fighting violently; one (left) has seized the other by the hair and is kicking her. Behind them (right) two cats with arched backs are spitting at each other. In the upper part of the print (center) is a shield with two ducks, and beneath is the motto: "Quack Quack Quack".
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Number "3" in "3d" in imprint is etched backwards.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Four lines of verse below image, two on either side of title: When once you've told & cant recall a lye, boldly percist [sic] in't or your fame will die. Learn this ye wives, with unrelenting claws, or right or wrong, assert your husbands cause.
Temporary local subject terms: Quack doctors -- Medicine: Dr. Walker's antiscorbutic pills.
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Marriage & Married life.
Mounted to 32 x 43 cm.
Watermark: L.V.G.
Some ink wash added as additional shading to figures' clothing. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 234 x 299 mm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Bunbury 774.01.03.02+ Impression 1
- Collection Title
- Page 89. Bunbury album.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.
- Collection Date
- [London], [between 1780 and 1794]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1774
Etchings England London 1774
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching with drypoint ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Quacks and quackery
Patent medicines
Quacks
Anger
Marriage - Subjects
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Quacks and quackery
Patent medicines
Quacks
Anger
Marriage
England > 1774
England > London > 1774
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 10132142
- Object ID (OID)
- 10716261