Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph after L. Boilly, c. 1823.
- Boilly, Louis, 1761-1845.
- Date:
- 1823
- Reference:
- 16316i
- Part of:
- Grimaces
- Pictures
About this work
Description
"1760" refers to the time of the ancien régime and contrasts the picture with another of Boilly's 'Grimaces' series bearing the same title, but a different date, 1823. It shows a group of fashionable young doctors and can be seen in Wellcome Library no. 16325i
Publication/Creation
1823
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 26.3 x 21.9 cm.
Series
Contributors
Lettering
Consultation of physicians. 1760.
Notes
'Grimaces' is the title of a series of 92 lithographs designed by Boilly between 1823 and 1828, "reissued by the Maison Aubert in 1837 as 'Groupes physionomiques connus sous le nom de grimaces par Boilly'. 200-300 exemplars of first edition, up to 1000 on a few. Also issued in more limited editions in London." (Judith Wechsler, 'A Human Comedy', Thames and Hudson, London 1982, p. 194)
References note
Henry Harrisse, 'L.L. Boilly'. Paris société de propagation de livres d'art, 1898, p. 196ff.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 16316i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores