J. St. John Long (a dubious medical practitioner) dressed as a funeral mourner surrounded by ducks and placards which advertise several malpractice cases of his in which patients died. Coloured etching attributed to A. Sharpshooter, 1830.

  • Sharpshooter, A.
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8 September 1830
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21000i
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On the sitter see Dictionary of National Biography

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[London] (24 St James's Street) : G. Humphrey, 8 September 1830.

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1 print : etching, with watercolour

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The oracle of Harley Street. A long way through a short cut.

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"A. Sharpshooter" is a pseudonym, possibly of J. Phillips

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. XI, London 1954, no. 16426
Carolyn A. Day, Consumptive chic: a history of beauty, fashion, and disease, [London?] 2017, p. 23, fig. 2.5

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Wellcome Collection 21000i

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