Sick and infirm patients on crutches and in wheelchairs ("Bath chairs") race down a grassy hill as spectators cheer them along. At the top of the hill, the start of the race is labeled "Cripples Corner" and represents The Crescent; the city of Bath is outlined in the distance and "Cripples and invalids rush down a hill below houses apparently representing The Crescent, and inscribed 'Cripples Corner'. The road traverses a rough grass slope to the river, beyond which are the houses of Bath (right). In the foreground an aged cripple has fallen headlong, losing hat, wig, and one crutch. Two old men, one in regimentals, hobble frantically on crutches, followed by a fat 'cit' also using crutches. In the middle distance, and lower down, three gouty old men are being trundled wheelbarrow-fashion in bath-chairs. Young women cheer on the competitors, one flourishing a riding-switch. In the background (left) at the top of the hill are other cripples."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price one shilling coloured.", and Mounted on sheet 28 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 20, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Bath (England)
Subject (Topic):
People with disabilities, Crutches, Health resorts, Racing, and Wheelchairs
Beauty and innocence charmed with the Turkish beggar
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '225' in lower left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Turks -- Turkish beggars -- Male costume: Turkish costume -- Tambourine.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Publisher derived from other posters containing "VDgraphic"., In margin lower left: VDgraphic-7., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title etched below image., Theodore Lane collaborated with George and Charles Hunt on prints with non-political jokey subjects from 1825 to 1827; see British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two lines of verse etched below title: Wine cures the gout, the colic and the phthisic. Wine it is to all men the very best of physic., 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: Cholic -- Wright, Charles.
Title in ink below image., Signed by the artist., Below the title, written in ink, "Chelsea Hospital, the grand national asylum for decayed and maimed Soldiers, it was b[egun] by Charles II, carried on by James II, and completed by William III.", and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Geographic):
Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England), and Great Britain.
"A fat man (left) seated in an arm-chair, his swathed left leg supported on a stool, his crutches and an open 'Treatise on Gout' beside him. A meretricious-looking young woman bends over him, putting her right hand on his right shoulder and holding his left hand. A young woman of disreputable appearance pours out wine for him. A footman in livery (right) is about to put a large tureen on a dinner-table (right). A fat man is seen through an open door. A dog and cat lie together in the foreground. Behind the man's chair are the curtains of a bed. Probably one of the establishments in King's Place, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6764, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Prostitution.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 30th - 1785 - by J.R. Smith, No. 83 - Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Prostitutes, Servants, Wine, Crutches, Dogs, and Cats
"Gouty persons falling down or toiling up a steep, rough hill below the Crescent."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Twelfth plate of twelve, designed to illustrate Christopher Anstey's The new Bath guide., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Republished in 1857 by Robert Walker. See no. 9321 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Publisher:
Pubd. Januy. 6th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Geographic):
Bath (England)
Subject (Name):
Anstey, Christopher, 1724-1805.
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Health resorts, Accidents, Hills, Falling, Crutches, Dogs, and Carriages & coaches
Title etched below image., Third plate of twelve, designed to illustrate Christopher Anstey's The new Bath guide., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Republished in 1857 by Robert Walker. See no. 9321 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Publisher:
Pubd. Januy. 6th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Geographic):
Bath (England)
Subject (Name):
Anstey, Christopher, 1724-1805.
Subject (Topic):
Hydrotherapy, Gout, Health resorts, Interiors, Water pumps, Drinking vessels, Wheelchairs, and Crutches
Title etched below image., Fifth plate of twelve, designed to illustrate Christopher Anstey's The new Bath guide., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Republished in 1857 by Robert Walker. See no. 9321 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Publisher:
Pubd. Januy. 6th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Geographic):
Bath (England)
Subject (Name):
Anstey, Christopher, 1724-1805.
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Health resorts, Horseback riding, Carriages & coaches, Crutches, Military uniforms, and British
Title etched below image., Eighth plate of twelve, designed to illustrate Christopher Anstey's The new Bath guide., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Republished in 1857 by Robert Walker. See no. 9321 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Publisher:
Pubd. Januy. 6th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Geographic):
Bath (England)
Subject (Name):
Anstey, Christopher, 1724-1805.
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Health resorts, Interiors, Games, Card games, Wheelchairs, Crutches, Military uniforms, British, Bowing, and Courtship
