The battle of the cataplasm [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The battle of the cataplasm [graphic]
- Creator
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1817?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
A scene from Tristram Shandy in which Susannah stands holdings her nose with her lefthand while in her right she holds a candle over the cradle where the swandled infant Tristram lies with a plaster on his nose. She addressed the doctor with obvious fury, her mouth agape. On the left Dr. Slop raises his right fist at her while in his left he holds a cataplasm in a ladle, ready to fling at her. His hat lies at his feet, and his wig is ablaze. Obadiah stands behind him carrying in his hands a chamber pot and a bowl, a medicine bottle tucked under his arm. The two men stand before a screen. The walls of the room are hung with portraits and a mirror; a grandfather's clock showing the time as 6:15 stands against the wall behind the cradle and Susannah. Two medicine bottles sit on a table partially hidden behind the screen. In the foreground lies an over-turned chair
- Description
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Title from caption below image.
Date of publication based on watermark from a print possibly of the same series. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Bunbury 803.00.00.44+.
Text following title: Vid[e] Tris. Shandy, vol. 4.
Three lines of text below title: Susannah rowing one way & looking another, set fire to Dr. Slops wig, which being somewhat bushy ...
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
A copy in reverse of no. 5216 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. x, p. 119.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 24.3 x 34 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Bunbury 803.00.00.45+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1817
Etchings England London 1817 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
- Subject (Topic)
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Cradles
Longcase clocks
Physicians
Quarreling
Screens
Servants - Subjects
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Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768 > Illustrations
Cradles
Longcase clocks
Physicians
Quarreling
Screens
Servants
England > 1817
England > London > 1817
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
- 10173942
- Object ID (OID)
- 15813618