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
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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.
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8255328
- Object ID (OID)
- 17338264