A monkey surgeon prepares to treat a monkey patient with a clyster, the latest French fashion accessory. Line engraving, ca. 1660.

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[1660?]
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17509i
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A monkey surgeon prepares to treat a monkey patient with a clyster, the latest French fashion accessory. Line engraving, ca. 1660. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1660?]

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1 print : line engraving ; image 14 x 18.8 cm

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Och Aap gy loopt gevaar men moet uw fluks clisteeren/ La moode de Franse un boeuljon zoo kan u smert verkeeren

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Wellcome Collection 17509i

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Parody of a painting by Jan Steen, which was known through a mezzotint by A. de Blois (Wellcome Library no. 21759i). In the Steen version, the patient is a woman and the small monkey holding the pot is a dog sitting beside a pot

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