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A medical consultation while a patient dies; a group of soldiers with a family; men in an artist's loft. Coloured lithograph c. 1840.
- Date
- [c. 1840]
- Reference
- 16496i
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Credit: A medical consultation while a patient dies; a group of soldiers with a family; men in an artist's loft. Coloured lithograph c. 1840. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
1. A maid attends a dying man while three physicians languidly discuss the case; Death, clothed as a physician, waits to the right. 2. A boy soldier by a drum salutes an elaborately dressed soldier; other soldiers either sit or flirt with a woman. 3. In an artists' loft, dandies admire a painting, behind which hides a nude artists' model; to the left a boy draws and pulls off a gentleman's wig
Publication/Creation
Paris : Martinet, [c. 1840] (Litho. de A. Cornillon)
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour
Lettering
La Consultation. L'entrée dans le monde. L'atelier de l'artiste.
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 16496i
Type/Technique
Languages
- French
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores