Antoine, Baron Dubois. Colour mezzotint by J.B. Gautier after L. L. Boilly.

Heads of twenty-nine artists. Stipple engraving by A. Clement, 1805, after L.L. Boilly.

A small boy places his grandfather's wig and hat on his younger sister; the grandfather looks on with amusement. Coloured lithograph by L. Boilly, 1824.

Five decrepit doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph after L. Boilly, c. 1823.

A physician administers leeches to a patient. Colour process print after L. Boilly, 1827.

A medical practitioner administers leeches to a patient. Colour lithograph after L. Boilly, 1827.

Five young women taking snuff. Stipple print after L. Boilly, ca. 1825.

Five antiquaries look through magnifying glasses at objects. Coloured lithograph after L. Boilly, 1823.

Five people looking through various types of spectacles.. Colour lithograph by F.S. Delpech after L.L. Boilly.

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111 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 24 cm

Louis Boilly, 1761-1845 : cinquantenaire du Musée Marmottan.

Visualising the beginnings of immunisation / by William Schupbach.

xiv, 221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

The art of Louis-Léopold Boilly : modern life in Napoleonic France / Susan L. Siegfried.

287 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, facsimiles ; 28 cm

Boilly (1761-1845) / catalogue sous la direction d'Annie Scottez-De Wambrechies et Florence Raymond.

"1760" refers to the time of the ancien régime and contrasts the picture with another of Boilly's 'Grimaces' series bearing the same title, but a different date, 1823. It shows a group of fashionable young doctors and can be seen in Wellcome Library no. 16325i

Grimaces

Five decrepit doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823.

The lens and mirror were used for viewing perspective prints or "vues d'optique"

1 print : stipple, printed in colours ; image 56.2 x 45.6 cm

A woman and a boy are looking at prints with the aid of a lens and mirror; an antique urn and a guitar in the background. Coloured stipple print by J.F. Cazenave after L.L. Boilly, ca. 1793.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 42 x 47 cm

As a young man kisses a young lady's hand, another woman shuts the door fast to prevent an older man (father of the first woman) from gettting into the room. Engraving by Petit, 179-, after L. Boilly.

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 26.3 x 21.9 cm.

A companion print shows young, post-revolutionary doctors: see frame no. 11983 (record number 16325)

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Boilly, Louis, 1761-1845

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Louis Boilly, 1761-1845 : cinquantenaire du Musée Marmottan.

Visualising the beginnings of immunisation / by William Schupbach.

The art of Louis-Léopold Boilly : modern life in Napoleonic France / Susan L. Siegfried.

Boilly (1761-1845) / catalogue sous la direction d'Annie Scottez-De Wambrechies et Florence Raymond.

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Boilly, Louis, 1761-1845

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Louis Boilly, 1761-1845 : cinquantenaire du Musée Marmottan.

Visualising the beginnings of immunisation / by William Schupbach.

The art of Louis-Léopold Boilly : modern life in Napoleonic France / Susan L. Siegfried.

Boilly (1761-1845) / catalogue sous la direction d'Annie Scottez-De Wambrechies et Florence Raymond.

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