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Robert Seymour
1798-1836
The cholera in London
Published
[London] : [William Strange], [ca. 1834]
wood engraving
2 1/8 x 3 3/8 inches
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2147
Notes
Probably detached from one of four issues of Whiggeries and waggeries, London : William Strange, 1834. This publication reprinted wood engravings by Robert Seymour, Robert Cruikshank, and others which had previously appeared-- often with different captions-- in Figaro in London, also published by Strange. The identical image appeared in Figaro in London, no. 12, 1832, with the title Bishop with the blue cholera.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
A bishop in bed, black in the face, is attended by three doctors: Brougham holds a ball or huge bolus inscribed 'A'; Grey holds up a lancet, blood inscribed 'Corruption' spouts from the patient's arm into a bowl held by Russell who holds up also a big bottle of 'Purge'.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Strange, W. (William), publisher.
Cowie, G. (George), printer.
Strange, W. (William). Whiggeries and waggeries.
Strange, W. (William). Figaro in London.
Strange, W. (William), publisher.
Cowie, G. (George), printer.
Strange, W. (William). Whiggeries and waggeries.
Strange, W. (William). Figaro in London.
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