A man with a gouty foot sits at a table on which a caraffe and decanter sit with a glass. The figure of the devil sits in an upholsered armchair grinning at the man as he pours a glass of liquid on his head. To their right a skeleton on a three-legge...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Gout, Alcoholic beverages, Devil, Physicians, Pitchers, Sick persons, Skeletons, Stools, and Undertakers
A man with a gouty foot sits at a table on which a caraffe and decanter sit with a glass. The figure of the devil sits in an upholsered armchair grinning at the man as he pours a glass of liquid on his head. To their right a skeleton on a three-legge...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Gout, Alcoholic beverages, Devil, Physicians, Pitchers, Sick persons, Skeletons, Stools, and Undertakers
"A bedroom scene. Joanna Southcott sits in an arm-chair, attended by three women and four doctors. Between her legs is a large tub inscribed 'Living Water', into which water gushes from a tap projecting from under her petticoats. She leans back with e...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1814, by W.N. Jones, No. 5 Newgate Street
Subject (Name):
Southcott, Joanna, 1750-1814, Reece, Richard, 1775-1831, and Tozer, William, approximately 1770-1828
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[July 1827]
Call Number:
Print01056
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction examines his deflated countenance in a mirror. A scrawny and an obese dog play next to the doctor's stool and bucket. On the wall...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1827 by William Cole, Newgate Street
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Patients, Obesity, Therapeutics, Stomach-pump, Costume, History, Medical equipment & supplies, Medical procedures & techniques, Pails, Dogs, Mirrors, and Stools
A thin man wearing bedclothes and slippers sits on a stool at right, clenching his fists in obvious pain. Three winged demons harass him, one clutching the back of his collar. A well-dressed doctor, wearing spurred boots and glasses, stands before him...
Description:
Title supplied by curator.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Sick persons, Stools, Medicines, Bottles, Skeletons, and Boots
