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Der Chirurg
1 print : 32 x 18 cm.
Technique:
lithograph, color
Technique:
lithograph, color
A drunken Bacchus cavorts atop the globe, accompanied by Fortune
From the cornucopia next to Bacchus tumbles a mixture of money, games (including playing cards, dice and a chessboard), medicine bottles, cups and ladles. To the right, Hygieia, daughter of Asklepios, holds the latter's attributes: a cock, and a…
Patients consulting an obese quack
1 painting : watercolour ; image 29.9 x 23.8 cm
Le Médecin de Campagne
1 print : 31 x 23 cm.
Provenance:
Purchase; 1965.
Technique:
lithograph
Provenance:
Purchase; 1965.
Technique:
lithograph
Anne Manning and Betty Upton
1 print : etching ; platemark 13.1 x 9 cm
Poster stuck on wall of cottage reads "Leake's pills. Mercury exploded, desperate cases cured in three days. Mortified limbs scraped with a coal shovel. Flesh regenerated on bare bones." A sheet on the…
Poster stuck on wall of cottage reads "Leake's pills. Mercury exploded, desperate cases cured in three days. Mortified limbs scraped with a coal shovel. Flesh regenerated on bare bones." A sheet on the…
Three despairing women, one of whom looks disapprovingly at three quack medicine vendors concocting a mixture; representing Britain's economic depletion and distress at the hands of her politicians
In the background is a crowd of revelling quacks, some of them proclaiming they can cure Britannia's ills, perhaps referring to the Opposition
1 print : etching ; image 18.4 x 23.2 cm
State quacks - or the desperate condition of the wither'd…
1 print : etching ; image 18.4 x 23.2 cm
State quacks - or the desperate condition of the wither'd…
The Tractors
The print contains three pieces of dialogue and several annotations
1 print : etching, with watercolour
The tractors. A new discovered virtue in these invaluable operators most cordially recommeded to the public at large and to Dr. Perkins in…
1 print : etching, with watercolour
The tractors. A new discovered virtue in these invaluable operators most cordially recommeded to the public at large and to Dr. Perkins in…
A statue of Germania whose prominent breasts have been removed in accordance with the "Lex Heinze" law on censorship
Work Type
Humorous pictures. Ink drawings.
Material
india ink over pencil ;
Measurements
sheet 25.7 x 17 cm
Description
1 drawing :
The artist shows sutures where the breasts have been removed. Three Bavarian passers-by are open-mouthed with…
Humorous pictures. Ink drawings.
Material
india ink over pencil ;
Measurements
sheet 25.7 x 17 cm
Description
1 drawing :
The artist shows sutures where the breasts have been removed. Three Bavarian passers-by are open-mouthed with…
A family doctor, an obstetrician, a sensationalist author-doctor and a hypnotist; all pruriently satirised under the guise of moralism, as promoted by James Morison and his pharmaceutical company
Contents
The family M.D. The obscene M.D. The obstetric M.D. who makes the diseases of women his particular study. The mesmeric M.D.
Lettering note
The central column is a nine point list of the principles of Morison's system. A similar version to…
The family M.D. The obscene M.D. The obstetric M.D. who makes the diseases of women his particular study. The mesmeric M.D.
Lettering note
The central column is a nine point list of the principles of Morison's system. A similar version to…