Physicorum Nunina ; Publicorum. [graphic]

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Description

Title
Physicorum Nunina ; Publicorum. [graphic]
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created
[15 August 1800]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pub. 15 Augt. 1800 by R. Ackermann at his Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Abstract

"PHYSICORUM: An old man's elongated head, wearing the old-fashioned wig of a doctor. To this is attached a garland of bunches of labelled medicine-bottles and pill-boxes. The 'Drafts are sleeping, purging, composing, emollient, opening, soporific, strength[ening]'. Below are clyster-pipe, syringe, decanter of 'Restorative Drops', and 'Priscription Puffs'. NUNINA: The head of a nun with up-cast eyes. Below are a crowned skull, hourglass, scourge, crucifix, rosary, and book. PUBLICORUM: The jovial drink-blotched head of a publican. To it are attached pipes, 'Tobacco Box', bottles of 'Rum', 'Brandy', and 'Rack'; a tankard; at the base is a punch-bowl filled with lemons."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Titles etched below images.
Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue and Grego.
Plate numbered 'No. 3' in upper right corner.
Temporary local subject terms: Publicans -- Doctors' wig -- Medical instruments: clyster-pipe -- Syringe -- Medicine bottles -- Pill boxes -- Crowned skulls -- Rosaries -- Pipes -- Tankards -- Punch-bowls -- Spirits: brandy -- Rum -- Beverages: 'Rack.'
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Physicians caricatured.
1 print : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 26.5 x 37.4 cm.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint and plate number.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 27.1 x 37.7 cm, on sheet 32 x 45 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Call Number
Print00176

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Etchings England London 1800
Watermarks (Paper) Russell & Co.
Material
etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Physicians
Nuns
Wigs
Medical equipment & supplies
Medicines
Skulls
Hourglasses
Crucifixes
Pipes (Smoking)
Tobacco products
Drinking vessels
Alcoholic beverages
Subjects
Physicians
Nuns
Wigs
Medical equipment & supplies
Medicines
Skulls
Hourglasses
Crucifixes
Pipes (Smoking)
Tobacco products
Drinking vessels
Alcoholic beverages
England > 1800
England > London > 1800
Russell & Co.

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
8255328
Object ID (OID)
17338264

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