A haggard old woman taking a large file to the corns on her feet. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800, after himself.

  • Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
Date:
[6 February 1800]
Reference:
11896i
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[London (27 St. James's Street)] : [H. Humphrey], [6 February 1800]

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; border 25.2 x 18.8 cm

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Comfort to the corns. Js. Gillray invt. Some lettering is inscribed in pencil and reads: "Feb 6 1800" Bears number top right : 134

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. VII, London 1942, no. 9585A
The picture of health: images of medicine and pharmacy from the William H. Helfand Collection; commentaries by William H. Helfand; essays by Patricia Eckert Boyer, Judith Wechsler, and Maurice Rickards, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1991, p. 59

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Wellcome Collection 11896i

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