Doctor Blowbladder discovering the perpetual motion [graphic].

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Title: Doctor Blowbladder discovering the perpetual motion [graphic].
Contributor: Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: published as the act directs, 16 March 1772.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Abstract: An elderly doctor in an old-fashioned wig, holding his silver-headed cane to his nose, takes the pulse of a young woman seated on a sofa. Her eyes are averted to avoid his leering gaze. A bottle of "Blessed Medicine" protrudes from his left pocket
Description: Title from item.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Medicine bottles -- Female dress, 1772 -- Canes.
Provenance: Print Shop; November 1958;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.3 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 40 x 30 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Mezzotints England London 1772
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Physicians
Young adults
Women
Medicines
Bottles
Staff (Sticks)
Wallpapers
Subjects: Physicians
Young adults
Women
Medicines
Bottles
Staff (Sticks)
Wallpapers
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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