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Metallic-tractors
Title
Metallic-tractors [graphic].
Publication
[Weimar] : [Im Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs], [1802]
Physical Description
1 print : aquatint, etching and engraving ; plate mark 175 x 224 mm
Local Notes
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Metallic tractors.
Notes
Title etched below image.
A reduced copy of a print by James Gillray, published 11 November 1801 by Hannah Humphrey. Cf. No. 9761 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8.
Publication information from that of the periodical in which the plate was issued.
Plate from: London und Paris. Weimar: Im Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs, 1802, Bd. 9.
Numbered "No. VIII" in upper right corner of design.
Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist, page 281.
Cf. Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 506.
Summary
"A fat citizen (three-quarter length), seated in an armchair, endures an operation upon the carbuncles of his bloated nose. The operator (left), thin and high-shouldered, holds the patient's forehead and applies a small pointed instrument (a metallic tractor) causing flames to gush from nose and nostrils. On a small table (left) are a decanter of 'Brandy' with a jug and steaming glass, lemon, and sugar, the patient's pipe lying across a newspaper: 'The True Briton. Theatre Dead Alive. Grand Exhibition in Leicester Square, just arrived from America the Rod of Æsculapius. Perkinism in all its Glory - being a certain Cure for all Disorders, Red Noses, Gouty Toes, Windy Bowels, Broken Legs, Hump Backs. Just discover'd, the Grand Secret of the Philosopher's Stone with the True way of turning all Metals into Gold, pro bono publico.' On the wall (right) is a picture of an infant Bacchus, astride a cask, holding out a decanter and a glass."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 04, 2022
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8, no. 9761A
Subjects
Genre/Form
Periodical illustrations.
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1801.
Aquatints - Germany - Weimar - 1802.
Etchings - Germany - Weimar - 1802.
Engravings - Germany - Weimar - 1802.
Also listed under
Clements C. Fry Collection of Medical Prints and Drawings (Medical Historical Library, Yale University).
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