At a field medical station a physician treats the wounded brought back from the front lines; in the background, an ambulance races by, and in the distance smoke rises above the battlefield.
Gladstone holds up 'Home Rule Ointment' and his caravan bears various inscriptions: 'Dr. Gladstone's infallible Home Rule Ointment', 'The heart Midlothian', 'Gladstonia glamour', 'Capacity of a radical voters stomach'
Medium: Red chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 6 x 4 7/16in. (15.3 x 11.3cm)
Annotated on paper support on verso, in blue crayon, "It5 [or s] - A13" along upper left border; below, "Moretto da Brescia"; at center, in graphite,…
Is part of: Workes of that famous chirurgion Ambrose Parey...translated...by Tho. Johnson, title page.; See related catalog record: 2393055R
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
engraving
Note: the exact tool used for torturing st agatha is shown on the…
Christ offers his wound to God the Father. Virgin Mary performs similar pose in right panel, gesturing breast to center. Behind is a tableau of the tools associated with Christ's passion. Imagery resembles a page form a contemporaneous surgical…