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John Leech
1817-1864
How to get rid of a gratis patient / J. Leech.
[London : s.n., 1846]
wood engraving
image: 94 x 76 mm; sheet: 126 x 109 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1332
Notes
Published cartoon caption reads: How to get rid of a gratis patient. "So you have taken all your stuff and don't feel better, Eh? Well, then, we must alter the treatment. You must get your head shaved ; and if you call here to-morrow at eleven, my pupil here will put a seton in your neck."
Proof of a wood engraving on india paper after an illustration by John Leech for Punch, 1846, p. 128.
Proof of a wood engraving on india paper after an illustration by John Leech for Punch, 1846, p. 128.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Cartoon shows a doctor seated at a table with his boy assistant, addressing an older woman who sits opposite him, a bottle in her lap.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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