A Visit to the Doctor
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Title
A Visit to the Doctor
Subject
Social satire, Medicine in art
Description
A Visit to the Doctor describes an appointment with a physician who could have belonged to Hogarth’s Company of Undertakers. He lives the lifestyle of a nobleman and receives patients in a well-appointed study attended by a footman. The bust of Galen on the mantel and the elegant bookcase suggest he is overly-learned and out of touch with reality. The patients are simple folks who have been led to believe they should seek his advice. Although he should send these healthy people away, the doctor sees an opportunity for a fee: “You eat well—you drink well and you sleep well—very good— You was perfectly right in coming to me, for depend upon it I will give you something that shall do away all these things.”
Creator
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)
Source
[no text]
Publisher
Thomas Tegg, London
Date
1809
Contributor
[no text]
Rights
Relation
Format
Hand-colored etching; original dimensions, 234 x 329 mm
Language
[no text]
Type
Still image
Identifier
[no text]
Coverage
[no text]
Files
Collection
Citation
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), “A Visit to the Doctor,” The Anatomist: Early Modern Medical Satire, accessed April 26, 2024, https://anatomist.omeka.net/items/show/15.