A woman suffering the pain of colic; 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
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10742i
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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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The cholic. ... G. Cruikshank fect. Lettering contains the anchor pictogram denoting attribution to Captain Marryat

References note

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

Notes

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

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Wellcome Collection 10742i

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