[Metallic tractors] [art original].

Description

Title: [Metallic tractors] [art original].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
Contributor: Clements C. Fry Collection of Medical Prints and Drawings (Medical Historical Library, Yale University).
Published / Created: [ca. 1801]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A fat man (right), seated in an armchair, undergoes an operation upon the carbuncles of his bloated nose. The thin operator (left) holds the patient's forehead and applies a small pointed instrument (a metallic tractor) to his nose. The seated man grits his teeth, clenches his fists, and winces in pain
Description: Title supplied by curator.
Unsigned; attribution to Gillray from curator.
Date inferred from that of the related print.
For Gillray's print of similar design that was published in 1801 by H. Humphrey, see no. 9761 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8.
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Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Metallic tractors -- Perkins, Elisha.
Provenance: Bequest of Clements C. Fry, 1955.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 206 x 220 mm
Language: No linguistic content

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Ink drawings
Material: pen and black ink over preliminary pencil ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810
Subject (Topic): Pain
Quacks and quackery
Quacks
Medical procedures & techniques
Medical equipment & supplies
Subjects: Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pain
Quacks and quackery
Quacks
Medical procedures & techniques
Medical equipment & supplies

Access: Public
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Citation: James Gillray, Metallic Tractors. Yale Medical Library. Historical Library, Yale University. New Haven, CT.