John Misaubin. Coloured soft-ground etching by A. Pond, 1739, after A. Watteau.

  • Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721.
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[1739]
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6944i
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[Londond] : [publisher not identified], [1739]

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1 print : etching

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Prenez des pilules, Prenez des pilules. Watteau del. ; AP fecit 1739

References note

R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, p. 736, no. 8598 ("Dr. D. Misobin (Misaubin) in ganzer Figur mit der Klystier spritze auf dem Gottesacker. Prenez des Pilules, prenez des Pilules. Kreide. A. Pond sc. 1739. H. 9" 1", Br. 7" 4"". Pond, Caricatures.")
R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 2015.1
Barry Hoffbrand, 'Dr Misaubin--Hogarth's "quack"--and a much maligned mason', Ars quatuor coronati, 2005, 118: 154-171, p. 156?

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