Comfort to the corns [graphic] / Js. Gillray invt. & fect.

[London] : Pubd. Feby. 6th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, [6 February 1800]

1 print : etching ; plate mark 26.0 x 19.5 cm, on sheet 27 x 21 cm

wove paper

Temporary local subject terms: Old women -- Wash tubs -- Chairs: carved gothic chair -- Female dress: slippers -- Scrubbing brushes -- Medical procedures.

Title etched below image.

From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.

"An old hag sits in a carved chair with a gothic back by a vast open fire-place (right), with sticks blazing on the hearth. She uses a large knife to slice at one of her distorted toes. Beside her are a tub and scrubbing-brush and a large cat."--British Museum online catalogue.

English

June 20, 2008