A sick, emaciated man visiting a physician and pulling on the bell-rope at his front door; representing France as a sick person seeking a sound constitution. Colour line block by Lefman after A. Gill, 1873.

  • Gill, André, 1840-1885.
Date:
21 Décembre 1873
Reference:
657985i
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Description

By the physician's front door is a plaque with the name "Dr Médecin"

Publication/Creation

Paris (Bureaux 16, rue du Croissant, 16) : [L'Eclipse], 21 Décembre 1873.

Physical description

1 print : colour line block ; image and border 35.5 x 26.2 cm

Lettering

Triste situation, par Gill. A la recherche d'une bonne Constitution. And. Gill. Lefman sc. L'Eclipse ...

References note

Jean Adhémar and Jacques Lethève, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome neuvième, Paris 1955, pp. 122-123, André Gill, no. 41 ('41. Dessins dans l'Eclipse, 1873: … Triste situation, à la recherche d'une bonne constitution …')

Reference

Wellcome Collection 657985i

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