An address of thanks from the faculty to the Right Hon'ble Mr. Influenzy for his kind visit to the country / [graphic]

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Title: An address of thanks from the faculty to the Right Hon'ble Mr. Influenzy for his kind visit to the country / [graphic]
Contributor: West, Temple, 1713-1757, artist.
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [20 April 1803]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. April 20th, 1803 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Abstract: On the left an emaciated patient sits in a commode chair next to a table filled with medicine bottles with labels reading: James's Powders, [La]udanum, Sweating Draught, Opening Draught, Emetic. Beneath are a cask labeled "Peruvian bark" and a jug labeled 'Garlic". From the right a group of nine physicians carry letters of thanks to their "friend" Influenza and converse about the benefits they have reaped from his visitation to the city
Description: Title etched below image.
Printseller's announcement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Purgatives; Unsuccessful treatments; Peruvian Bark; Angelica root & nitre; Infectious diseases.
Watermark: Strasburg Lily.
Provenance: Seven Gables; September 1968; Southeby's Lot 238 [Car. II] to Seven Gables; July 1968.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.8 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 25 x 36 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1803
Etchings England London 1803
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching with stipple ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Name): Newbery, Francis, 1743-1818.
Subject (Topic): Influenza
Opium
Cinchona bark
Laxatives
Death
Clothing & dress
Medicines
Physicians
Subjects: Newbery, Francis, 1743-1818
Influenza
Opium
Cinchona bark
Laxatives
Death
Clothing & dress > England > 1800-1810
Medicines
Physicians
England > 1803
England > London > 1803

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