A swollen lethargic patient with ten physicians seated around a table on which are axes and a halter; symbolising England's government and the need for reform. Engraving, 1756.

Date:
23 July 1756
Reference:
10760i
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[London] (ye corner of Castle Alley in Threadneedle Street) : According to Act of Parliament by J. Eynon, 23 July 1756.

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1 print : etching with line engraving ; platemark 22 x 31 cm

Lettering

A grand consultation of physitians: or, an attempt to assign the cause of a sickly & languishing constitution; prescribing the most salutary & probable methods for effecting a cure. ... Lettering continues with fourteen lines of verse; the picture contains dialogue attached to each of the figures and two other captions

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. III, pt II, London 1877, no. 3443

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Wellcome Collection 10760i

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