State Quacks Or The Desperate Condition Of The Wither'd Sisters

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Title

State Quacks Or The Desperate Condition Of The Wither'd Sisters

Subject

Three distraught women are sitting on a pile of straw; a group of physicians are preparing a concoction with a mortar and pestal; a dead lion is in the foreground and a large group of quack physicians is in the background. On same page are several vignettes under the heading Scientific Terms No.2.

Description


1 print : 41 x 27 cm.
Technique:
etching, color

Creator

Heath, William, 1795-1840, artist

Source

NLM
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101393202

Publisher

London: Thos. McLean, March 1, 1830

Collection

Citation

Heath, William, 1795-1840, artist, “State Quacks Or The Desperate Condition Of The Wither'd Sisters,” European Mastectomy, accessed May 24, 2026, https://www.european-mastectomy.artinterp.org/items/show/324.