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1. The company of undertakers [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1793]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 764.00.00.14 Box 112
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A copy in the same direction after the engraving by Hogarth titled 'The Company of Undertakers'. Sixteen heads of doctors, three of whom, in the upper division, are identified as John Taylor, Sarah Mapp, and Joshua Ward; three in the lower centre peer at liquid in a glass phial, the one to left using a pince-nez
- Description:
- Title etched below image., "Wm. Hogarth del." erased from this impression; surmised from earlier state in the British Museum. See Registration number: 1935,0522.1.40., Numbered "193" in lower left corner., Title from British Museum catalogue: A consultation of physicians., Caption below image begins: "Beareth sable, an urinal proper, between 12 quack-heads of the second & 12 caneheads or consultant ...", Copy of Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2308., and Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 144.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Bowles & Carver, map & printsellers, no. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Eyeglasses, Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The company of undertakers [graphic]