Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The last gasp, or Toadstools mistaken for mushrooms.
Call Number
D North 52/GC112/Box 11/Normal/Prints/Titles La-Mi GA 2014.00326
Identifier
ark:/88435/1v53k5106
Publisher
[London] : [s.n.], n.d.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1756-1827
Extent
1 item ; sheet 40.2 x 26.7 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego II, p. 254 (Separt 1st, 1813)
Tegg no. 210
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: A physician has been called in, and, with his gold stick in hand, is examining the condition of certain patients who are suffering from the effects of too indiscriminate feeding. A gouty old gentleman, his wife and their footman are all putting out their tongues - which are white and swollen to an inordinate length. Their features express the greatest alarm, and the look of consternation which is thrown into the doctor's face conveys the reverse of comforting reassurance to the unfortunate gourmands.
Signed in plate, lower left: "Rowlandson del.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Physician and patient—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Diseases—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Gout—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Medicine—Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
City and town life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/23e6b0f4-b88d-46b3-828e-8464acf4a281/manifest