J. St. John Long (a dubious medical practitioner) dressed as a funeral mourner surrounded by ducks and placards which advertise several malpractice cases of his in which patients died. Coloured etching attributed to A. Sharpshooter, 1830.

  • Sharpshooter, A.
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8 September 1830
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21000i
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J. St. John Long (a dubious medical practitioner) dressed as a funeral mourner surrounded by ducks and placards which advertise several malpractice cases of his in which patients died. Coloured etching attributed to A. Sharpshooter, 1830. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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On the sitter see Dictionary of National Biography

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[London] (24 St James's Street) : G. Humphrey, 8 September 1830.

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1 print : etching, with watercolour

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The oracle of Harley Street. A long way through a short cut.

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. XI, London 1954, no. 16426
Carolyn A. Day, Consumptive chic: a history of beauty, fashion, and disease, [London?] 2017, p. 23, fig. 2.5

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Wellcome Collection 21000i

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"A. Sharpshooter" is a pseudonym, possibly of J. Phillips

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