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An aged anatomist selecting his dissection instrument while a young woman tries to warn that his subject is alive. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 12 March 1811Reference: 11062i
Part of: Tegg's caricatures
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An obese midwife on her way to a labour in the early hours of the morning. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 12 February 1811Reference: 16984i
Part of: Tegg's caricatures
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A poor apothecary in a cart being drawn by his servant are overtaken by a wealthy couple in a horse-drawn carriage with a seat at the back for their servant. Coloured etching.
Reference: 16119i
Part of: Caricatures Parisiennes
Books
Medicina e farmacia nelle caricature politiche italiane 1848-1914 / William H. Helfand, Sergio Rocchietta.
Helfand, William H.Date: [1982], ©1982
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Max Broedel 'Some Welch rabbits', caricature of W.H. Welch
Max Broedel
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A man dressed in costume as a theatrical caricature of a doctor. Line engraving.
Reference: 20529i
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Nine caricature sketches of Voltaire (?). Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31672i
Books
Oh nurse! : a humorous "glimpse" into hospital life in caricature / by Merle Olive Watson.
Watson, Merle Olive.Date: 1930
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Subjects of satire and caricature. Album of etchings by Matthew Darly, 1776.
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778.Date: Jan.y 1 1776Reference: 4943i
Books
Goethe and caricature : from Hogarth to Töpffer / David Kunzle.
Kunzle, David.Date: 1985
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M0001921: Reproduction of the caricature Cholera Pie by Robert Cruickshank
Date: May 1931Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/18/9
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Portrait caricature of Wilhelm Roehl by A. Frenz, 1925
Books
Medical caricature in the United States / Chauncey D. Leake.
Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978Date: 1928
Books
The nature and history of medical caricature / Wolfgang Born.
Born, WolfgangDate: 1944
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A foppish fumigator holding a print of a birthing chair (?). Etching, 1772.
Date: Pubd. according to Act. 12 August 1772Reference: 10947i
Part of: Macaronies, characters, caricatures
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A history of caricature & grotesque in literature and art / by Thomas Wright ; with illustrations from various sources, drawn and engraved by F.W. Fairholt.
Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877.Date: 1865
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A man in profile; a physiognomic caricature. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1775, after himself.
Bossi, Benigno, 1727-1792.Date: 1776Reference: 34709i
Part of: Fisonomie possibili
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A hooded alchemist at a furnace; above him hang dead animals: caricature. Watercolour painting.
Reference: 37907i
Books
Oscar Wilde prefigured : queer fashioning and British caricature, 1750-1900 / Dominic Janes.
Janes, DominicDate: 2016
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A physician is examining a boil on a woman servant's arm, and asks if she has had boils in any other places: she replies that she has, but that there were also Jewish people there. Lithograph after F. Jüttner, 1909.
Jüttner, Franz, 1865-1926.Date: 1909Reference: 577239i
Part of: Unsere Ärzte: various medical caricatures.
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Animals dressed as doctors are about to vivisect a man in an operating theatre or anatomy theatre. Colour lithograph, ca. 1910.
Date: 1910Reference: 577237i
Part of: Unsere Ärzte: various medical caricatures.
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A surgeon is about to implant mechanical intestines in a patient in an operating theatre attended by a crowd of onlookers. Colour lithograph, ca. 1910.
Date: 1910Reference: 577236i
Part of: Unsere Ärzte: various medical caricatures.
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An unkempt ape on crutches tells his mates that he has returned from being an experimental animal at a congress of gastroenterologists. Colour lithograph after G. De Finetti, ca. 1904.
De Finetti, Gino, 1877-1955.Date: 1904Reference: 577265i
Part of: Unsere Ärzte: various medical caricatures.
Books
English caricature, 1620 to the present : caricaturists and satirists, their art, their purpose and influence / Victoria and Albert Museum.
Victoria and Albert Museum.Date: 1984
Books
The doctors in Vanity Fair : a gallery of medical men who appeared in caricature between 1870 and 1914 / by Alan H. Sykes.
Sykes, A. H.Date: [1995], ©1995

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An aged anatomist selecting his dissection instrument while a young woman tries to warn that his subject is alive. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.

An obese midwife on her way to a labour in the early hours of the morning. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.

A poor apothecary in a cart being drawn by his servant are overtaken by a wealthy couple in a horse-drawn carriage with a seat at the back for their servant. Coloured etching.

Medicina e farmacia nelle caricature politiche italiane 1848-1914 / William H. Helfand, Sergio Rocchietta.

Max Broedel 'Some Welch rabbits', caricature of W.H. Welch

A man dressed in costume as a theatrical caricature of a doctor. Line engraving.

Nine caricature sketches of Voltaire (?). Drawing, c. 1793.

Oh nurse! : a humorous "glimpse" into hospital life in caricature / by Merle Olive Watson.

Subjects of satire and caricature. Album of etchings by Matthew Darly, 1776.

Goethe and caricature : from Hogarth to Töpffer / David Kunzle.

M0001921: Reproduction of the caricature Cholera Pie by Robert Cruickshank

Portrait caricature of Wilhelm Roehl by A. Frenz, 1925

Medical caricature in the United States / Chauncey D. Leake.

The nature and history of medical caricature / Wolfgang Born.

A foppish fumigator holding a print of a birthing chair (?). Etching, 1772.

A history of caricature & grotesque in literature and art / by Thomas Wright ; with illustrations from various sources, drawn and engraved by F.W. Fairholt.

A man in profile; a physiognomic caricature. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1775, after himself.

A hooded alchemist at a furnace; above him hang dead animals: caricature. Watercolour painting.

Oscar Wilde prefigured : queer fashioning and British caricature, 1750-1900 / Dominic Janes.

A physician is examining a boil on a woman servant's arm, and asks if she has had boils in any other places: she replies that she has, but that there were also Jewish people there. Lithograph after F. Jüttner, 1909.

Animals dressed as doctors are about to vivisect a man in an operating theatre or anatomy theatre. Colour lithograph, ca. 1910.

A surgeon is about to implant mechanical intestines in a patient in an operating theatre attended by a crowd of onlookers. Colour lithograph, ca. 1910.

An unkempt ape on crutches tells his mates that he has returned from being an experimental animal at a congress of gastroenterologists. Colour lithograph after G. De Finetti, ca. 1904.

English caricature, 1620 to the present : caricaturists and satirists, their art, their purpose and influence / Victoria and Albert Museum.

The doctors in Vanity Fair : a gallery of medical men who appeared in caricature between 1870 and 1914 / by Alan H. Sykes.