A groggy surgeon-apothecary, awakened by knocking below, shouts down from an open window to an unseen patient requesting a night visit. He wears a nightcap and has a burning candle beside him. Two cats scurry away from the commotion, causing flower pots to tumble off the ledge. On the wall of the building, to the left of the window, is a depiction of a mortar and pestle as well as a sign reading "Hand in Hand Assurance" beneath two hands joined together (the emblem of the Hand-in-Hand Fire Office). The sign beneath the window reads "Cawdle, Accoucheur & Apothecary. NB. Bleeding, Cupping, Tooth Drawing &c. &c."
Description:
Title etched below image., 'Ego' is the pseudonym of M. Egerton. See British Museum catalogue., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Three lines of dialogue below title: Who are you? (Damn the cats!) What d' ye want young woman, hey? Oh, Sir, master begs you'll step over directly as Missus, if you please sir, is taken very bad in a a a !!!, 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: Apothecaries.
Subject (Topic):
Pharmacists, Midwives, Obstetrics, Drugstores, Windows, Flowerpots, Cats, and Signs (Notices)
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Kissing -- Soldiers -- City scenes.
Title from caption below image., Imprint contains a small "th" etched above the second "2" in "Feby. 22"., Four lines of verse below title: It rain'd a deluge; poor Joseph came home late; long at the bell he tugg'd (at last out popp'd a pate) ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 22th, 1828, by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
