[Metallic tractors] [art original].
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17339809
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.
This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
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
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No linguistic content
Collection Information
- Repository
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
- Call Number
- Print00302
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- 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
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Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pain
Quacks and quackery
Quacks
Medical procedures & techniques
Medical equipment & supplies
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.
- Citation
- James Gillray, Metallic Tractors. Yale Medical Library. Historical Library, Yale University. New Haven, CT.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 16212938
- Object ID (OID)
- 17339809