The village doctor [graphic].

Description

Title: The village doctor [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [8 June 1774]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. June 8th, 1774, by H. Humphry, Bond Street
Abstract: "A village doctor's house indicated by the sign of a pestle and mortar over the door, and by the placard, "Probe Surgeo[n and] Man Midwife". From a casement window above the door the doctor in night-cap and shirt leans out, shaking his fist at a man who has knocked him up and is standing below, gaping with astonishment at the doctor's anger. The doctor holds his breeches in his right hand. A wall (left) with trees and a building behind it and low railings in front, complete the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Formerly mounted on leaf 2 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Provenance: From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26.5 x 21 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1774
Etchings England London 1774
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1774
England > London > 1774
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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