A woman suffering the pain of colic; illustrated by demons tugging on a rope wound around her stomach. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1819, after Captain F. Marryat.

  • Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848.
Date:
12 February 1819
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Description

On the wall hangs a picture of an interior with a disreputable-looking woman drinking

Publication/Creation

[London] (27 St. James's St.) : G. Humphrey, 12 February 1819.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; border 20.3 x 25.5 cm

Lettering

The cholic. ... G. Cruikshank fect. Lettering contains the anchor pictogram denoting attribution to Captain Marryat

Notes

Companion plate : "The head ache" (record no. 869i in this catalogue)

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. IX, London 1949, no. 13438

Reference

Wellcome Collection 10742i

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