Dr. Musgrave prescribing for Britannia who is in a deep consumption
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Title from item.
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Subject (Name):
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Musgrave, Samuel, 1732-1780, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, and Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Medical equipment & supplies, and Medical procedures & techniques
"Satire on George II and Robert Walpole, based on a "Visio"n described in "Commonsense, or the Englishman's Journal", 19 March 1737. The king is represented as a satyr, seen from the rear, standing on an altar kicking his left leg and breaking wind; Q...
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Title engraved above image.
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publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757, Hoadly, Benjamin, 1676-1761, Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754, and Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bribery, Corruption, Medical procedures & techniques, and Theaters
"America, a partly-draped female figure, is being held down by Lord Mansfield (right) in judge's wig and robes, while North, holding her by the throat, pours the contents of a tea-pot down her mouth. America ejects the tea in a stream directed at Nort...
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America swallowing the bitter draught
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Title engraved below image.
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publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Subject (Topic):
Boston Port Bill, 1774, Boston Tea Party, 1773, Britannia (Symbolic character), Ethnic stereotypes, Teapots, and Medical procedures & techniques
"An invalid sits, with contorted features, at a table (left) on which are basin, tea-pot, medicine-bottle, glass. His head is held by a compassionate friend, standing behind him. He wears night-cap, shirt, breeches, and unbuttoned waistcoat."--British...
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Publish'd Jany. 28th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Steet
Subject (Topic):
Emetics, Medical procedures & techniques, Basins (Containers), Drinking vessels, Medicines, Bottles, and Teapots
"The invalid, unshaven, in a nightcap, and wearing a dressing-gown over unfastened waistcoat, breeches, and ungartered stockings, stands as in British Museum Satires No. 9584, grimacing with disgust at a cup of medicine, the bottle in his left hand. I...
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Published by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Laxatives, Tractors, Metallic, Medicines, Medical procedures & techniques, and Sick persons
"John Bull, corpulent, bald-headed, and stripped to the loins, is beset by leeches with human heads. They climb up his legs and attack his body, arms, and head. He stamps angrily, with clenched fists, saying, "This is Bleeding with A Veangence If I do...
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Bleeding John Bull
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Title etched below image.
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Pub. 6th of Feb. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Phlebotomy, Worms, Medical procedures & techniques, and Taxes