Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Behold how in the colledge hall, the surgeons and the doctors all, Are met in consultation wise, a carcase to anatomize: the master there displays his art, sagely discants on every part, and that with ears & eyes and nose, we hear, and see, and smell, he shows
Call Number
E East 44/GC070/Box 04/Normal/18th c. GA 2024.01232
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc5m60r5703
Publisher
[London : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1730?]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1730
Extent
1 item ; sheet 47.8 x 35.3 cm.
References
See BM 1861 for similar print with different text
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Engravings, Hand coloring
Depiction: Caricature; medical scene. Surgeons and doctors gather around table where an animal is being disemboweled; all of the figures have animal heads and human hands.
Numbered in plate, lower left: "4".
Unsigned.

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Anthropomorphism in art
Medicine—Europe—Caricatures and cartoons
Surgeons—Europe—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Quacks and quackery—Europe—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7105e480-ece5-4282-ade8-89ba5e971538/manifest