A man surrounded by a feast while professing to have no appetite, his doctor observing how yellow he and his surroundings appear; suggesting the man's jaundiced view of life. Coloured lithograph, 1835.

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Published as the Act directs, November 11th 1835
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11200i
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A man surrounded by a feast while professing to have no appetite, his doctor observing how yellow he and his surroundings appear; suggesting the man's jaundiced view of life. Coloured lithograph, 1835. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (Strand) : Messrs Ackermann ; London (Fleet Street) : C. Tilt ; London (Cheapside) : Reeves & Sons ; London (PN Row) : Riddle & Co. ; London (26 Haymarket) : Thos. McLean ; London (134 Oxford Street) : T. Bird, Published as the Act directs, November 11th 1835.

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 15.6 x 20.5 cm.

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The yellow jaundice. ... Lettering continues: "Now doctor I am by no means well, and have scarcely any appetite - what is the matter with me?" Doctor - "Why sir you have got the yellow jaundice, the turkey - the ham - and all the things arounds you have got the jaundice - look at them."

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Not found in: British Museum Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1870-1954

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Wellcome Collection 11200i

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