A shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. Engraving after W. Hogarth, 1736.
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Date
- 1736
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The three named quacks occupy the top of the shield, twelve other 'doctors' are situated in the lower half; most of them have gold canes held up to their noses, one is dipping his finger into a urinal while another holds it. Two pairs of crossed human thigh bones are below the shield
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Et plurima mortis imago.[on a banderole] Consultation of physicians. A facsimile of Hogarth's own engraving.
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London (Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square) : Jones & co.
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1 print : engraving ; image 18.7 x 15.6 cm
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Wellcome Library no. 544397i
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- English
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A shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. Engraving after W. Hogarth, 1736. Credit: Wellcome Collection. CC BY
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