A shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1736, after himself.
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Description
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 whilst another holds it. Two pairs of crossed human thigh bones are below the shield
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemark 26.2 x 17.8 cm
Work type
Lettering
The company of undertakers. Et plurima mortis imago. ...
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Places
- [London]
Agents
- W. Hogarth
Dates
- 3 March 1736
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Credit
A shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1736, after himself.. Credit: Wellcome Collection. CC BY
