An obese doctor acknowledging the favours of a French chef in his kitchen; denoting their complicity, the chef's food providing patients. Coloured etching by C. Williams, c. 1815.

  • Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.
Date:
c. 1815
Reference:
10937i
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[London] (111 Cheapside) : T. Tegg, c. 1815.

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 25 x 34.8 cm

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The physicians friend. ... Lettering continues: "'Some mans wit. Found th'art of cookery to delight his sense. More bodies are consum'd and kill'd with it. Than with than with the sword, famine or pestilence.' Davis"

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British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. IX, London 1949, no. 12648

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Wellcome Collection 10937i

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