A lecherous doctor taking the pulse of an old woman while fondling a young one. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
- Date:
- [1810]
- Reference:
- 11216i
- Part of:
- Tegg's caricatures
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Description
The doctor's cane is inscribed: "Medical staff". On the table are various vessels including ones labelled: "Composing draught" and "Opium"
Publication/Creation
[London (111 Cheapside)] : [Thos. Tegg], [1810]
Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour.
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Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/77/92
Lettering
Medical dispatch or Doctor Doubledose killing two birds with one stone. Rowlandson del.
Notes
Related drawing: Christie's South Kensington, 3 July 2007, lot 554 (unsold), showing all three figures in full-length and other differences, inscribed "Doctor Doubledose. Rowlandson"
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. VIII, London 1947, no. 11638
Reference
Wellcome Collection 11216i
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