Consultation of Physicians
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Title
Consultation of Physicians
Subject
A shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor.
Description
The three named quacks occupy the top of the shield, 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. Two pairs of crossed human thigh bones are below the shield
1 print : engraving ; image 18.7 x 15.6 cm
Et plurima mortis imago.[on a banderole] Consultation of physicians. A facsimile of Hogarth's own engraving.
- the oirignal print (done by hogarth himself) labels these as 'undertakers' not physicians - though doctor is implied
1 print : engraving ; image 18.7 x 15.6 cm
Et plurima mortis imago.[on a banderole] Consultation of physicians. A facsimile of Hogarth's own engraving.
- the oirignal print (done by hogarth himself) labels these as 'undertakers' not physicians - though doctor is implied
Creator
Engraving after W. Hogarth, 1736.
Source
Wellcome
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/bhcbmks4
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/bhcbmks4
Publisher
London (Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square) : Jones & co.
Relation
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. III, pt. I, London 1877, no. 2299
R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, London, 1989, no.144
R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, London, 1989, no.144
Collection
Citation
Engraving after W. Hogarth, 1736., “Consultation of Physicians,” European Mastectomy, accessed May 24, 2026, https://www.european-mastectomy.artinterp.org/items/show/192.