Repository: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library / Subject Heading: England > 1810 / Subject (Name): Hercules (Roman mythological character)

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:: [25 October 1810]
Call Number:: Print00265
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: An obese man and a tall lean woman, symbolical figures of 'dropsy' and 'consumption', flirting outside a mausoleum; another couple promenade before a statue of Hercules in the background
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. October 25th, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Hercules (Roman mythological character)
Subject (Topic):: Tuberculosis, Ascites, Costume, Courtship, Obesity, Edema, Sculpture, Fans (Accessories), Clergy, Covered walks, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Dropsy courting Consumption [graphic]