Fever, represented as a frenzied beast, stands racked in the centre of a room, while a blue monster, representing ague, ensnares his victim by the fireside; a doctor writes prescriptions to the right. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.

  • Dunthorne, James, active 1780-1792.
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29 March 1788
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18068i
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[London] (50, Poland St.) : T. Rowlandson, 29 March 1788.

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 41.6 x 56.1 cm

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Ague & fever. "And feel by turns the bitter change of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce". Milton. Designed by James Dunthorne. Etched by T. Rowlandson

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British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. VI, London 1938, no. 7448

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Wellcome Collection 18068i

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