Title from item., Date derived from year Mary Toft reported giving birth to rabbits., Place of publication derived from language of text and subject., 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: Anecdotes; Frauds.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Toft, Mary, 1703-1763.
Subject (Topic):
Hoaxes, Rabbits, Breeding, Prenatal influences, Obstetrics, and Women
An apothecary praying for a host of illnesses to descend on his customers so that he can make more money and "A lean and sour-looking apothecary kneels in profile to the left at a stuffed high-backed elbow-chair, his tricorne hat and gold-headed cane beside him. Behind him (right) are a huge pestle and mortar standing on a block. He prays to 'mighty Esculapius!' to send 'a few smart. Fevers and some obstinate Catarrhs', calls down curses on the 'new-invented waterproof (the earliest instance of the word in the 'O.E.D.' is an advertisement of Jan. 1799), asks for compassion to his book of bad debts, and pins his hopes on the squire's lady having an heir which he may 'bring handsomely into the world ...'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image., Nineteen lines of letterpress text below title: O mighty Esculapius! hear a poor little man overwhelm'd with misfortunes ..., and One of a series of broadsides. 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.
Publisher:
Pubd. 30 July 1801 by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand and Spragg, printer, 27, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden
Title etched above image., Place of publication supplied by curator., Date from copy in British Museum., 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):
Toft, Mary, 1703-1763. and St. André, Nathanael, 1680-1776.
Subject (Topic):
Hoaxes, Obstetrics, Prenatal influences, Births, Pregnancy, Rabbits, and Physicians
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)
