An angry doctor in night clothes shouting at an alarmed man. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1774, after H. Wigstead.
- Wigstead, Henry, -1793.
- Date:
- 8 June 1774
- Reference:
- 11206i
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A plaque is on the outside of the doctor's house: "Probe surgeon man midwife"
Publication/Creation
[London] (Bond Street) : H. Humphry, 8 June 1774.
Physical description
1 print : etching with aquatint ; image 22.4 x 18.7 cm
Lettering
The village doctor.
Creator/production credits
Henry Wigstead, a Bow street magistrate, friend and travelling companion of Rowlandson, "a merry wit and one of the most congenial spirits of his day" J. Grego, Rowlandson the caricaturist, London 1880
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. V, London 1935, no. 5274
Reference
Wellcome Collection 11206i
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