N. J.
A cholera doctor / N.J. ; Robt. Cruikshank.
Published
[London] : Published by Tomlinson, 24, Great Newport St., [1832?]
wood engraving, hand-colored
sheet: 260 x 501 mm
Peel 2188
Notes
Title from caption below image.
At head of image: Robert Cruikshank's / Random Shots (No 1).
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Hand colored wood engraving printed on the left hand side of a single sheet (260 x 501 mm) bearing two prints which were also distributed separately; the print to the right is the next print in Cruikshanks series: Robert Cruikshank's / Random Shots (No 2); with caption title: A cholera patient.
At head of image: Robert Cruikshank's / Random Shots (No 1).
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Hand colored wood engraving printed on the left hand side of a single sheet (260 x 501 mm) bearing two prints which were also distributed separately; the print to the right is the next print in Cruikshanks series: Robert Cruikshank's / Random Shots (No 2); with caption title: A cholera patient.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
The doctor, a grotesque and rotund figure, is shown seated at a table labeled "Board of Wealth" and cutting himself a large slice from a "Cholera Pie" which is stuffed with coins and surrounded by a dancing circle of little impish figures; behind him at left is a large mortar and pestle, also filled with coins, and labeled "Patients Pounded"; heaps of coins lie on the ground along with a bag labeled "Gold Pills" and a bottle which reads "A Draught on the Pocket", and at right is a large jug of "Patent Imperial Brandy."
Associated names
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, artist.
Tomlinson, Joshua, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Tomlinson, Joshua, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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