A group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. A version of the print also published with lettering "The company of undertakers". The three named quacks occupy the top, twelve other 'doctors' are situated in the lower half; most of them have gold canes held up to their noses, one is dipping his finger into a urinal while another holds it.
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date of publication from watermark., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered "138" in lower left corner., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 144., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2299., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: 1817.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Title below image., Date and place of publication from item., Sheet trimmed., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs by C. Brightly & T. Kinnerstey, Bungay
Subject (Topic):
Traditional medicine, Quacks and quackery, Sick persons, Healers, Snake charming, and Children
An obese doctor in a dressing gown and slippers stands in the center looking right at a group of three male patients, all elderly and with diseased and contorted faces. He hands a small bowl to one patient; medical supplies are laid out on the table at his side as well as on the floor near the table. Another patient while another leaves the room leaning on a crutch. In the background two women in obvious pain await their turn; behind them, an open cupboard reveals a skeleton
Description:
Title from item., "One of a set of copies of watercolours by Rowlandson, all with an imitation of his signature and the same imprint"--British Museum online catalogue., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Eady, Dr.
Publisher:
Published by Reeve & Jones, No. 7 Vere Strt
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medical equipment & supplies, Pain, Physical characteristics, Physicians, Sick persons, and Skeletons
Title from item., Place of publication from item., Date supplied by curator., 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: Morison's Pills; Proprietary medicines.
Publisher:
Pubd by O Hodgson 111 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Morison, James, 1770-1840.
Subject (Topic):
Patent medicines, Quacks and quackery, Scurvy, Sailors, Pills, Life preservers, Drowning, Medicines, Boats, and Ducks
Title engraved below image., Place of publication and date from item., Title is followed by ten lines of verse., Below verses: Rousseau Epig. X., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
chez Lepicié Graveur du Roi au coin de l'Abreuvoir du Quay des Orfevres, Et Chez L. Surugue
Subject (Name):
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Spouses, Flirting, Medicine in literature, Medicines, and Sick persons
Title from item., Date from item., Place of publication derived from street address., 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: Bossey, Dr.; Mountebanks.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 1,1792 by Wm. Birch, No.2 Macclesfield Street Soho
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Patent medicines, Medicine shows, Audiences, and Monkeys
Title from item., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., Trimmed sheet., See: British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires in the department of prints and drawings in the British Museum, no. 8183, 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: Bossey, Dr.; Mountebanks.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Patent medicines, Medicine shows, Spectators, and Monkeys
Title supplied by curator, and printed in Latin, French, and German below image., Printmaker supplied by curator., Date derived from printmaker's date of death, Place of publication derived from printmaker's country of residence., 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 (Topic):
Monkeys, Quacks and quackery, Medicine shows, Teeth, Extraction, Pickpockets, Crutches, Audiences, Patent medicines, Selling, and Vomiting
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Published in Puck, 7 September 1887., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
J. Ottmann lith. Puck Building N.Y.
Subject (Geographic):
United States and New York (State)
Subject (Name):
McGlynn, Edward, 1837-1900 and George, Henry, 1839-1897
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Drugs, Medicine shows, Working class, Priests, Newspaper vendors, and Politics and government
Title and date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from publisher's place of residence., Title in Latin and Dutch., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
CI Visscher [monogram] excu
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medicine shows, Patent medicines, Spectators, and Deception
