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Five decrepit doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823.
- Boilly, Louis, 1761-1845
- Date:
- [1823]
- Reference:
- 16314i
- Part of:
- Grimaces
- Pictures
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Credit: Five decrepit doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
"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
Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1823]
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour.
Series
Lettering
Consultation de medecins, 1760. L. Boilly. Lith de Delpech.
References note
For further information on this series, see Henry Harrisse, 'L.L. Boilly'. Paris société de propagation de livres d'art, 1898, p. 196ff.
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 16314i
Notes
'Grimaces' is the title of a series of 92 lithographs designed by Boilly between 1823 and 1828, "reissued by the Maison Aubert in 1837 as 'Groupes physionomiques connus sous le nom de grimaces par Boilly'. 200-300 exemplars of first edition, up to 1000 on a few. Also issued in more limited editions in London." (Judith Wechsler, 'A Human Comedy', Thames and Hudson, London 1982, p. 194)
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Languages
- French
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