A diver [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A diver [graphic]
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
- Contributor
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [6 April 1803]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. April 6, 1803, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand, London
- Abstract
-
"A naked, bald, and grotesquely obese man stands on the tips of his toes about to plunge, or rather topple, into a bath, in which he admires, Narcissus-like, his own absurd reflection. He is poised on a platform projecting over the bath; behind him stands a comely young woman, watching in astonishment. A flesh-brush is beside her, another is on a seat on the opposite side of the bath, where a print of Narcissus is on the wall. An ugly old woman's head looks through a small rectangular aperture up m the wail; she is much amused at the scene. On the wall is a placard: 'Glowcocks Bagnio Cold and Hot Baths Cupping Sweating and otherwise cleansing the body performed here Lodgings for Gentlemen.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed with plate mark on top edge. - Extent
- 1 print : sheet 348 x 250 mm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
- Call Number
- Print00785
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1803
Etchings England London 1803 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Narcissus (Greek mythological character),
- Subject (Topic)
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Prostitution
Public baths
Obesity
Therapeutic baths
Bathing
Nudes
Signs (Notices) - Subjects
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Narcissus (Greek mythological character)
Prostitution
Public baths
Obesity
Therapeutic baths
Bathing
Nudes
Signs (Notices)
England > 1803
England > London > 1803
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
- 16206296
- Object ID (OID)
- 17339853