Consultation of Physicians. Original Etching

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Engraved area measures: 16,5 x 14,5 cm. Fine antique print. Engraved by T. Cook after Hogarth.Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, Jany. 1st. 1809. "The motto on the coat of arms; "ET PLURIMA MORTIS IMAGO", translates as "And I picture many types of death". The three figures in the upper third of the shield design are portraits of three notorious quacks; Chevalier John Taylor (c.1708-1772), the oculist or Ophthalmiator, Pontificial, Imperial, and Royal, whose cane is marked with an eye and who leers with one eye shut at Mrs Crazy Sal Mapp the bone setter, dressed as a harlequin who points at her bone-shaped staff. " See online Royal Pharmaceutical Society. N° de ref. del artículo 365601

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