Satire on the assault by Mountefort Brown on Dr Hill
Description:
Title etched above image., Printed on one sheet with Le malade imaginaire, or, The consultation., 'Price 6d'--Following imprint., One line of text below title: Thus I bore my point; six rogues in buckram let drive at me., Three lines of quotation from Henry IV, Part I, below image: I am a rogue if I were not at half sword with a dozen of them two hours together ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: entrance to the Rotunda at Ranelagh -- Lighting: street lamps -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 -- Mountefort Brown, fl. 1752 -- Mr. Cole, Master of the Ceremonies at Ranelagh -- Constables.
Satire on the dispute between John Hill and Mountfort Brown showing Hill in his bed apparently feigning illness to avoid appearing in court after charging Brown with assault
Alternative Title:
Consultation
Description:
Title etched above image., Month and date of publication transposed, precedes publisher's statement., Printed on a single sheet with: A night scene at Ranelagh on Wednesday 6th of May 1752., "Price 6d."--Following imprint., One line of text below title: Extremâ moriens tamen alloquar horâ., Seven lines of 'Extract from the Covent Garden Journal' below image: Whereas several scandalous paragraphs have been published in a Common Newspaper ..., and First state of no. 3184 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3? Speech balloon of the first doctor on the left, and partial text below title varies.
