A cholera patient / Robt. Cruikshank ; G.D.
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 2).
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 2).
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
An emaciated cholera victim sits at right on a stool labeled "Starvation", at a table labeled "Board of Health", on which sits a large bottle surrounded by dancing imps; the bottle is endowed with a face and claws and is labeled "Enema" and "The dose to be repeated"; beside the bottle is a container of "Blue Pills", one of which the sick man holds in his hand in the form of a large, round bolus; below the table is a squatting skeletal creature wearing a bib which reads "Fee Fo Fum."
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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