Quack doctor G.A. Stevens in his Lecture on heads. [graphic]

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Title: Quack doctor G.A. Stevens in his Lecture on heads. [graphic]
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [10 October 1793]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. October 10, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Abstract: In an oval, a doctor in a wig sits behind a table so only the upper half of his body is shown. His hands are buried deep in a large muff, his one elbow leaning on the table. On either side of his body are one and two candlesticks with lit candles
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Literature: reference to G. A. Stevens's Lecture on Heads (1764).
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Theatre.
Watermark: Strasburg bend.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. v.
Extent: 1 print : oval design 30.9 x 25.2 cm, plate mark 38.7 x 27.3 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1793
Etchings England London 1793
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784.
Subject (Topic): Quacks and quackery
Candles
Candlesticks
Muffs
Quacks
Subjects: Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784
Quacks and quackery
Candles
Candlesticks
Muffs
Quacks
England > 1793
England > London > 1793

Access: Public
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