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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
Lettering
The cholic. ... G. Cruikshank fect.
Notes
Companion plate : "The head ache" (record no. 869 in this catalogue)
Publications note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. IX, London 1949, no. 13438
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 10742i
Lettering note
Lettering contains the anchor pictogram denoting attribution to Captain Marryat
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Languages
- English