"Satire: frightened doctor surrounded by ghoulish figures with medical implements, saws and medicines, one bleeding him, another offering a pill; with verse below."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a reversed version of the same design
Description:
Title etched below image., A reversed version of this G.M. Woodward design, etched by Richard Newton and aquatinted by John Hassell, was published by William Holland on 11 November 1792. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2001,0520.23., Six lines of verse beneath title: Those spectres seam'd with scars that threaten there, the victims of my late ill conduct are; ... Garth's Dispensary, Canto VI., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Garth's Dispensary.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 30, 1802, by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Phlebotomy, Medical equipment & supplies, and Saws
