An eminent physician looks at the tongue of an elderly hypochondriac. Colour etching after J.F. Dunant, 1823.
- Dunant, Jean François, approximately 1780-1858.
- Date:
- [1823]
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- 15980i
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The elderly physician wears a wig and is dressed in a style used before the French Revolution (1780s-1790s), some thirty years earlier
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[Paris] : Martinet, [1823]
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1 print : etching, printed in colours ; platemark 27.4 x 20.2 cm
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Un Esculape d'une grande renomée visitant un hipochondriaque? Dt. Déposé.
"Esculape" means Aesculapius, or by extension a famous physician
Bears number: 1
References note
Bibliographie de la France, 1 février 1823, no. 64 ("... Un Esculape d'une grande renommée visitant un hypocondriaque, caricat. à l'eau-forte (color.), par {Dunant}. A Paris, chez {Martinet}")
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Wellcome Collection 15980i
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