Dropsy courting Consumption [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Dropsy courting Consumption [graphic]
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
- Contributor
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Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
Clements C. Fry Collection of Medical Prints and Drawings (Medical Historical Library, Yale University). - Published / Created
- [25 October 1810]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. October 25th, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No 111 Cheapside
- Abstract
-
An obese man and a tall lean woman, symbolical figures of 'dropsy' and 'consumption', flirting outside a mausoleum; another couple promenade before a statue of Hercules in the background
"A grotesquely obese man (his hat placed under his plump knees) kneels at the feet of an ugly and bedizened woman, fantastically lean and tall. She holds up a fan, and looks down alluringly at her lover to whom she gives her left hand. They are in the circular portico of a 'Mausoleum' (right). In the background is an avenue and a statue of Hercules, towards which a fat woman and a lean parson of the Dr. Syntax type are walking arm-in-arm. The muscular Hercules is contrasted with the four other types of physique represented."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
"Price one shilling coloured."
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Dropsy -- Consumption. - Provenance
- Bequest of Clements C. Fry; 1955.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 350 x 245 mm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
- Call Number
- Print00265
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works) England 1810
Etchings England London 1810 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Great Britain
Great Britain. - Subject (Name)
- Hercules (Roman mythological character)
- Subject (Topic)
-
Tuberculosis
Ascites
Costume
Courtship
Obesity
Edema
Sculpture
Fans (Accessories)
Clergy
Covered walks
Tombs & sepulchral monuments - Subjects
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Hercules (Roman mythological character)
Tuberculosis
Ascites
Costume > Great Britain > 19th century
Courtship
Obesity
Edema
Costume
Sculpture
Fans (Accessories)
Clergy
Covered walks
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Great Britain
England > 1810
England > London > 1810
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
- 16203977
- Object ID (OID)
- 17339806