Qui Hi alias Lieutenant Johnny Newcome on his death bed in prison, attended by his mistress and child and the doctor's assistant. Coloured aquatint by Quiz, 1816, after T. Rowlandson.

  • Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
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1816
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11223i
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The grand master or adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan a hudibrastic poem in eight cantos.
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Qui Hi alias Lieutenant Johnny Newcome on his death bed in prison, attended by his mistress and child and the doctor's assistant. Coloured aquatint by Quiz, 1816, after T. Rowlandson. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced July 2023 : Qui Hi alias Lieutenant Johnny Newcome on his death bed in prison, attended by his wife and child and the doctor's assistant. Coloured aquatint by Quiz after T. Rowlandson.

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"Qui Hi lies on a couch, dying, in the prison room depicted in no. 12742 [i.e. in Bombay]. His Indian mistress weeps with her hand on his forehead. The infant plays by a chair. A Mahometan, the doctor's emissary, watches the dying man with raised hands." (British Museum, loc. cit.

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1816

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1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; image 11 x 19 cm.

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Last visit from the doctor's assistant. Rowlandson. sc. ; Quiz. fecit.

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British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. IX, London 1949, no. 12743

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Wellcome Collection 11223i

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