"Illustration to the Oxford Magazine, 1768, vol.1 facing p.52, satirizing the dispute between the licentiates and fellows of the College of Physicians. Licentiates, mostly dressed in tartan and so identified as Scots, break through a door into a room in the College. At a table on the right, a group of fellows presided over by Death (a skeleton in official robes and wig) recoil, crying, ""These Northern Locusts want to Govern every where", "My fingers itch to be at them", "D[a]m their Scots Pills! they have ruin'd the Constituion of England" and "They pretend to cure the Kings Evil". The attackers are led by a licentiate in a zany's dress and jack-boots (a reference to Lord Bute) holding a shield and flail; he is followed by another man, who holds a large pair of shears; others flourish a pestle, a dagger and a club. In the foreground a Scot directs a clyster at one of the fellows hitting him in the mouth with a jet of liquid. A fellow has pushed a licentiate to the ground and is pouring the contents of a urinal into his throat. On the floor lies an enormous urinal, pillboxes and medicne bottle, and a soldier's haversack, labelled, "St Georges Composing Pills prepared by Dr Gillam." ( a reference to the magistrate who ordered soldiers to fire on the crowd gathered in St George's Fields in support of John Wilkes on 10 May 1768)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Battle between the fellows & licenciates and Battle between the fellows and licenciates
Description:
Title from text above and below image., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Publication date in British Museum catalogue: Sept. 23, 1767, based on the date of events satirized by this print., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 1 (1768), page 52., and Temporary local subject terms: Reference to the events of 23 September 1767 -- Fellows -- Licenciates -- Zanies -- Clyster pipe -- Reference to riot at St. George's Fields, May 10, 1768 -- Reference to Lord Bute -- Reference to Justice Samuel Gillam, fl. 1768.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Royal College of Physicians of London. and Royal College of Physicians of London,
Subject (Topic):
Butchers, Interiors, Medical education, Medical equipment & supplies, Pharmacists, Physicians, Riots, Skeletons, and Tailors
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1772]
Call Number:
Bunbury 772.03.01.02.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on a country barber-surgeon: a bespectacled man holding a lancet and razor stands in profile to right, a basin under his right arm, beside his shop-sign which bears an image of a wig; the village stocks can be seen beyond."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Later state with slight alterations in design. For earlier state, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 75 B87 770., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Surgery -- Lancet -- Scratches -- Food: Reference to sausages -- Reference to washballs -- Reference to black pudding -- Red herrings -- Medicine: Reference to Scotch pills -- Reference to powder for the itch.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs March 1, 1772, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Barbering, Medical equipment & supplies, Pharmacists, Physicians, Shaving equipment, Signs (Notices), Stocks (Punishment), and Wigs
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 111. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: a barber in profile outside his shop holding out his instruments."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Early state of the plate, before drypoint shading added to the figure's face and hair. For a later state with this additional shading, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,6.94., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left side., Temporary local subject terms: Surgeons -- Signboards -- Medical instruments: Lancet -- Barbers implements: Razor and shaving dish -- Bob wigs -- Bob-majors wigs -- Scratches wigs -- Food: Reference to sausages -- Reference to washballs -- Black pudding -- Medicine: Reference to Scotch pills -- Reference to powder for the itch., and Mounted on page 111 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs March 1, 1772, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Barbering, Medical equipment & supplies, Pharmacists, Physicians, Shaving equipment, Signs (Notices), Stocks (Punishment), and Wigs
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., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Apothecaries., and 1 print : aquatint and etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 333 x 205 mm.
Subject (Topic):
Pharmacists, Midwives, Obstetrics, Drugstores, Windows, Flowerpots, Cats, and Signs (Notices)
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)
"Grinning yokels, burlesqued, wheel (right to left) three wheelbarrows; one (right) contains a very fat parson with a gouty leg and grog-blossom nose, who lies on his back, registering impotent rage. Next is a very thin apothecary, holding his gold-headed cane; between his legs is a pestle and mortar containing medicine-bottles, one labelled 'To be well shaken'. On the left is an angry lawyer, holding a bag from which a paper projects. Villagers stand round watching the procession, cheering delightedly. Behind, from among trees, appear a hay-stack, an antique farm or cottage, and a church tower with a large Union flag at its flag-staff."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered "377" in upper right., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Law -- Country Doctors -- Physicians caricatured.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 15th, 1819, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside, London
Title from item. Translated title supplied by curator., Date derived from dates of possible creator., Place of publication derived from language of text., See Hollstein, vol. 2, p. 47., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hippocrates., Pliny, the Elder., and Gellius, Aulus.
Subject (Topic):
Medicines, Drugstores, Pharmacists, and Physicians
Title from item., Translated title supplied by curator., Cataloger has confirmed printmaker on Art Museum of Estonia website., Place of publication derived from printmaker's place of activity., Date of creation from Art Museum of Estonia website., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Pharmacies, interior.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Cholera, Drugs, Prescribing, Paying bills, Medicines, Drugstores, and Pharmacists
Title and place of publication from item., Date supplied by curator., In margin top: La Revue Comique., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Compounding of Drugs.
Publisher:
Bureaux de vente, Dénoc & Cie, Rue du Croissant, 13, Paris and Imp. Hayotte, Rue St. Denis, 251, Paris
Subject (Topic):
Pharmacists, Medical care, Cost of., Drugs, Prescribing, Enema, Drugstores, Mortars & pestles, and Hypodermic syringes
Portrait of the drug grinder William Wilson (1709-1815), known as ‘Mortar Willie’, who supposedly worked as a drug grinder for various apothecaries, chemists and druggists in Edinburgh until his 106th year. He is shown seated, using a large pestle and mortar
Alternative Title:
William Wilson, commonly called Mortar Willie
Description:
Title etched below image. and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Apothecaries -- Compounding of drugs.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Wilson, William, 1709-1815,
Subject (Topic):
Old age, Pharmacists, Drugs, Dosage forms, Mortars & pestles, and Older people
