Caption title., Dates top right: Scarborough, June 8, 1790., First line: Resolved, that the selling either hats or gloves with the proper stamps ought to be ..., Signed by 18 people, listed in two columns., and Formerly mounted in a volume; stub still attached on verso. On paper with crowned Britannia watermark and horizontal chain lines. For further information, consult library staff.
Title from item., Date and place of publication from item., Description from British Museum website: A broadside satire on the quack Richard Rock shown standing on the foot board of his chaise in Covent Garden; the horse, somewhat cross-eyed, standing quietly. He is finely dressed and holds a cup in one hand. His medicine chest stands open behind him, and his hat hangs inside the hood of the chaise. To the right of the chaise is a hunchbacked (?) man, possibly Rock's assistant, or toady, under whose arm is a package of books lettered "Dr. Rock 52 ways f[ro]m Ratlife" . Among the the crowd gathered around Rock are, on the left, two soldiers, one with a sword and wearing spatterdashes who may be intended as a blind man, has his hand on the shoulder of a bald man who holds his hat in his hand, gazing distractedly at Rock; behind Rock is a man apparently on horseback; on the right, a pregnant gin seller who has a large open basket slung from her waist in which are glasses and wicker bottles, the basket is lettered "S[an]d[y]'s Public spirit" (a reference to the recent Act of Parliament relaxing the law against gin), a another poorly clad woman with a large fish (?) basket resting against her leg, and a man offering a coin to Rock. To the right of the chaise can be seen the pillar with a sun-dial and globe which stood in Covent Garden market. Below, letterpress text satirising Rock with allusions to contemporary political affairs, including a probable reference to George II's frequent visits to Hanover, described as "an itch for Rambling"., 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 April 2d, 1743, according to Act of Parliament, by G. Foster, at the White Horse, on Ludgate-Hill, and G. Bickham in May's-Buildings, Cove[nt-Garden, London--lacking]
Subject (Name):
Rock, Richard, 1690?-1777.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Great Britain, Politics and government, Physicians, Spectators, Medicine shows, Selling, and Horses
Title from item., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., 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):
Lockyer, Lionel, 1600?-1672.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Spectators, Monkeys, Horses, Selling, Medicine shows, and Patent medicines
Title from item., In margin top right: Imagerie d'Épinal, No. 599., Date supplied by curator., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Families & family life; Pharmacy.
Publisher:
Pellerin & Cie, imp.-edit
Subject (Topic):
Life cycle, Human, Entrepreneurship, Success in business, Selling, Drugstores, and Families
Title from item., Printed trade card., Text ends: Ladies wishing to be suited, are requested to make an early application at 7, Sackville Street, London., Mrs. Lloyd Gibbon was a maker of stays who was granted a patent in 1801., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title from item., Approximate date from internal evidence in the text., Advertising sheet, printed on both sides. The recto promotes two of John Bell's newspapers; the verso contains an advertisement for Price & Gosnell, Perfumers to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent., and For further information, consult library staff.
A medicine vendor kneeling and praying. Doctor Rock (Richard Rock 1690-1777) was an itinerant medicine vendor who frequented the London areas of St. Pauls and Covent Garden. He was famous for his "anti-venereal, grand, specifick pill". He was satirised in several caricatures: W. Hogarth represented him in A harlot's progress pl. V; The march to Finchley; and The four times of the day, morning and "A fashionably-dressed man kneels in profile to the left at a large chest of 'Patent Medecines', on which is a duck with the inscription 'Quack. Quack. Quack' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 5766]. A hanging candelabra and a festooned curtain indicate wealth. He prays to the shade of Dr. Rock, describes the composition of his famous Vegetable Drops, and asks for the continuance of 'my Carriages and Equipage, my Town and Country Residence, and all other good things of this life ...'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image., Publisher from imprints present on other plates in the series. For information on the series, see page 51 in v. 8. of the the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Date of publication from Grego., and Twenty-one lines of letterpress text below title: Illustrious shade of the renowned Dr. Rock, still continue, I beseech thee ...
Publisher:
R. Ackermann and Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Rock, Richard, 1690-1777 and Doctor Botherum.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Selling, Drugs, Medicine, Chests, Ducks, Costume, Candelabra, Draperies, Prayer, Quacks, and Patent medicines
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., Published in Le Charivari, 17 October 1843., Above image: Les Malades et les Médecins 24., In image lower left, reversed: 33., 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:
Chez Pannier Edit. R. du Croissant, 16 and Imp. d'Aubert & Cie
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
