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A woman suffering the pain of cholic; illustrated by demons tugging on a rope wound around her stomach. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1819, after Captain F. Marryat.

  • Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848.
Date
12 February 1819
Reference
10742i
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Description

On the wall hangs a picture of an interior with a disreputable-looking woman drinking

Publication/Creation

[London] (27 St. James's St.) : G. Humphrey, 12 February 1819.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; border 20.3 x 25.5 cm

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Lettering

The cholic. ... G. Cruikshank fect.

Notes

Companion plate : "The head ache" (record no. 869 in this catalogue)

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. IX, London 1949, no. 13438

Lettering note

Lettering contains the anchor pictogram denoting attribution to Captain Marryat

Reference

Wellcome Library no. 10742i

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  • English

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