Reduction [graphic]

Description

Title: Reduction [graphic]
Creator: Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker, artist
Contributor: Cole, William, active 1821-1827, publisher.
Published / Created: [July 1827]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. July 1827 by William Cole, Newgate Street
Abstract: A doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction examines his deflated countenance in a mirror. A scrawny and an obese dog play next to the doctor's stool and bucket. On the wall are a picture of an obese man and a skeletal man and a picture entitled "Specimen of the reduction of a dog, performed by the stomach-pump - in 3 operations"
Description: Title etched below image.
One of a series of "Arithmetic" plates by Henry Heath. For other plates in the series, see British Museum online catalogue, registration nos.: 1985,0119.89; 1985,0119.312-313; 1985,0119.316-317; and 1985,0119.324.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20.0 x 25.3 cm
Language: English

Genre: History
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works) England 1827
Etchings England London 1827
Material: etching ; and hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Physicians
Patients
Obesity
Therapeutics
Stomach-pump
Costume
History
Medical equipment & supplies
Medical procedures & techniques
Pails
Dogs
Mirrors
Stools
Subjects: Physicians
Patients
Obesity
Therapeutics
Stomach-pump
Costume > History > 19th century
Costume
Medical equipment & supplies
Medical procedures & techniques
Pails
Dogs
Mirrors
Stools
England > 1827
England > London > 1827

Access: Public
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