M0001921: Reproduction of the caricature Cholera Pie by Robert Cruickshank

Date:: May 1931

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/18/9

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0001912-M0002212WT/D/1/20/1/18
        M0001921: Reproduction of the caricature Cholera Pie by Robert CruickshankWT/D/1/20/1/18/9

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M0001921: Reproduction of the caricature Cholera Pie by Robert Cruickshank. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced May 2020: Cartoon: 'Cholera Pie', by Robert Cruickshank

Description

Reproduction of the caricature "Cholera Pie" by Robert Cruickshank (1789-1856) with the caption: "A caricature by Cruikshank indicating a popular beliefof the past that physicians became wealthy as a result of epidemic pestilences. Rowlandson drew a similar cartoon showing physicians paying homage to influenza. In the Middle Ages the physicians were sometimes accused of spreading pestilential disease, since they were the only people who profited. The mortality among physicians during these epidemics was, however, extremely high" underneath the image. The reproduction is from Haggard, Howard W.: Devils, drugs, and doctors : the story of the science of healing from medicine-man to doctor New York : Blue Ribbon Books, [1929], page 215. Related images: M0001918, M0001920, M0001922, M0001923, M0001926, M0001927, M0001928, M0001941EA

Publication/Creation

May 1931

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds an edition of the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

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