"A doctor addresses a cobbler who is working in his booth on the pavement, with a woman listening to their conversation."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Grave physician and lively cobler, Grave physician & lively cobbler, and Grave physician and lively cobbler
Description:
Title etched above image., Plate numbered '347' in the lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Four lines of text below image: Doctor "Bless me what could bring a man of science like you to mend shoes, I shou'd advise you to practice physic, it wou'd be more profitable." ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Trades: Cobblers -- Cobbler's Shops.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 12, 1804, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
