Le malade imaginaire, or, The consultation [graphic]

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Title: Le malade imaginaire, or, The consultation [graphic]
Alternative Title: Consultation
Contributor: Carpenter, Henry, publisher.
Published / Created: May 29 [1752]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd according to the act by H. Carpenter
Abstract: Satire on the dispute between John Hill and Mountfort Brown showing Hill in his bed apparently feigning illness to avoid appearing in court after charging Brown with assault
Description: Title etched above image.
Month and date of publication transposed, precedes publisher's statement.
Printed on a single sheet with: A night scene at Ranelagh on Wednesday 6th of May 1752.
"Price 6d."--Following imprint.
One line of text below title: Extremâ moriens tamen alloquar horâ.
Seven lines of 'Extract from the Covent Garden Journal' below image: Whereas several scandalous paragraphs have been published in a Common Newspaper ...
First state of no. 3184 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3? Speech balloon of the first doctor on the left, and partial text below title varies.
Provenance: Gift of R.W. Ketton-Cremer; May 1962;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 32.4 x 20.4 cm, on sheet 34 x 49 cm
Edition: [1st state?].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1752
Engravings England London 1752
Etchings England London 1752
Material: etching & engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hill, John, 1714?-1775
Subject (Topic): Bedrooms
Beds
Physicians
Subjects: Hill, John, 1714?-1775 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bedrooms
Beds
Physicians
England > 1752
England > London > 1752

Access: Public
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