A cure for lying and a bad memory [graphic]

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Title
A cure for lying and a bad memory [graphic]
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor
Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
Published / Created
July 9, 1807.
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pub. by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Abstract

"The interior of an apothecary's room: jars on shelves; a counter with drawers, pestle and mortar, flasks, &c. A bust of Galen stands on the lintel of the door (right). An alarmed undergraduate in cap and gown stands clasping his stomach. The doctor faces him triumphantly, with raised arms and holding a pill-box. His man, who wears an apron, walks off with a large box inscribed 'Anti-Fibbibus'. The (prose) inscription below the title relates that a 'College Wag' called on a 'travelling Empiric' and asked to be cured of a bad memory, and a habit of lying. He is cured by the 'gilded pill called - Pillula Memoria - Anti Fibbibus!!' The youth complains that he is poisoned with Asafœtida, the doctor answers that he speaks the truth and will never forget the medicine, so is cured."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1.
Also issued separately.
Eighteen lines of description etched below image: A travelling empiric being in the neighbourhood of one of the universities, gain'd great credit for his skill in medicine ...
Plate numbered "F 3" in upper left corner and "5" in upper right corner.
"Price one shillg. colour'd."
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Pharmacy, interior.
Watermark: 1817.
Leaf 80 in volume 1.
Provenance
Bound in the set of five volumes, formerly owned by Henry Arthur Johnstone. Binding: red morocco with his initials stamped in gold on the front cover in a shield with crossed swords and three floral stamps above and one below; also four floral stamps on spine with volume number and spine title in gold: The caricature magazine. Leather endpapers with his ex libris blind stamped on front flyleaf -- a boat with large sail, with a cutout in the shape of the sun in upper left. Myers; May 1942.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 28.1 x 22 cm, on sheet 41.8 x 26 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 W87 807 v.1
Collection Title
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Collection / Other Creator
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Etchings England London 1807
Watermarks (Paper) 1817
Material
etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Galen
Subject (Topic)
Statues
Medicine
Medical equipment & supplies
Mortars & pestles
Pharmacists
Physicians
Students
Interiors
Drugstores
Subjects
Galen > Statues
Medicine
Medical equipment & supplies
Mortars & pestles
Pharmacists
Physicians
Students
Interiors
Drugstores
England > 1807
England > London > 1807
1817
Johnstone, Henry Arthur > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12850270
Object ID (OID)
16192441

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