Consultation of physicians [graphic]

Description

Title: Consultation of physicians [graphic]
Alternative Title: Company of undertakers
Creator: Cook, Thomas, approximately 1744-1818, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, publisher.
Published / Created: Jany. 1st, 1809.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme
Abstract: A group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. A version of the print also published with lettering "The company of undertakers". The three named quacks occupy the top, twelve other 'doctors' are situated in the lower half; most of them have gold canes held up to their noses, one is dipping his finger into a urinal while another holds it.
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate from: Nichols, J. The genuine works of William Hogarth. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster Row, 1808-17, v. 2, page 144.
Copy of an engraving by Hogarth that was published in 1736. Cf. No. 2299 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3. See also: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 144.
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Criticism of the medical profession -- Dod, Pierce (1683-1754) -- Bamber, Dr.
Provenance: Gift of Stanley D. Truelson; 1967.
Extent: 1 print : design and inscription 172 x 143 mm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures
Group portraits
Book illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1809
Etchings England London 1809
Material: etching ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): Mapp, Sarah, -1737,
Taylor, John, 1703-1772,
Ward, Joshua, 1685-1761,
Subject (Topic): Physicians
Quacks and quackery
Costume
Medical equipment & supplies
Staffs (Sticks)
Wigs
Subjects: Mapp, Sarah, -1737
Taylor, John, 1703-1772
Ward, Joshua, 1685-1761
Physicians
Quacks and quackery
Costume > Great Britain > 18th century
Medical equipment & supplies
Staffs (Sticks)
Wigs
England > 1809
England > London > 1809
Truelson, Stanley D. > Donor

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