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Harlequin (Fictitious character)
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A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.
Reference: 16062i
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A drunken Bacchus cavorts atop the globe, accompanied by Fortune; to his right physicians and quacks fight for legitimacy; to his left the scales held by a blindfold Justice are tipped by a lawyer's money: an allegory of the world of justice and health overturned into one of chance and greed. Coloured etching by Daniël Veelwaard I after J. Smies, 1809.
Smies, Jacob, 1764-1833.Date: 1809Reference: 17675i
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An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage with two assistants and a monkey, selling his wares to an excitable crowd. Coloured wood engraving by J. Oortman.
Reference: 20933i
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Four scenes from W. Combe's verse Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks, a parody of the Royal college of physicians and in particular John Fothergill. Engraving after W. Combe.
Combe, William, 1742-1823.Reference: 22092i- Pictures
A standing harlequin, with multicolour triangles radiating from his hat. Colour crayon drawing by Gerard, 1980.
Gerard, active approximately 1980.Date: 6.6.80 [6 June 1980]Reference: 2951959iPart of: Adamson Collection