An angry doctor in night clothes shouting at an alarmed man. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1774, after H. Wigstead.

  • Wigstead, Henry, -1793.
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8 June 1774
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11206i
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An angry doctor in night clothes shouting at an alarmed man. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1774, after H. Wigstead. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A plaque is on the outside of the doctor's house: "Probe surgeon man midwife"

Publication/Creation

[London] (Bond Street) : H. Humphry, 8 June 1774.

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1 print : etching with aquatint ; image 22.4 x 18.7 cm

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Lettering

The village doctor.

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. V, London 1935, no. 5274

Reference

Wellcome Collection 11206i

Creator/production credits

Henry Wigstead, a Bow street magistrate, friend and travelling companion of Rowlandson, "a merry wit and one of the most congenial spirits of his day" J. Grego, Rowlandson the caricaturist, London 1880

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