Metallic-tractors

Metallic-tractors

Item Information

Title:
Metallic-tractors
Title (alt.):
Metallic tractors
Description:
A fat citizen (three-quarter length), seated in an armchair, endures an operation upon the carbuncles of his bloated nose. The operator (left), thin and high-shouldered, holds the patient's forehead and applies a small pointed instrument (a metallic tractor) causing flames to gush from nose and nostrils. On a small table (left) are a decanter of 'Brandy' with a jug and steaming glass, lemon, and sugar, the patient's pipe lying across a newspaper. On the wall (right) is a picture of an infant Bacchus, astride a cask, holding out a decanter and a glass (BM).
Artist:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815
Name on Item:
Js. Gillray, Invt. & fect.
Date:
November 11, 1801
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Aquatints
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James Gillray (1756-1815). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Physicians
Medical equipment & supplies
Medical procedures & techniques
Noses
Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching and aquatint ; plate mark 25 x 36 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111j559
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
27 St. James Street London : Publish'd by H. Humphrey
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Alternative title from Wright/Evans.
BM Satires 9761; Wright/Evans 506
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Stephens, Frederic George, George, Mary Dorothy. "Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum." British Museum Press, 1870, London.
Wright, Thomas, R. H. Evans. "Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures of James Gillray." Benjamin Blom, 1968, New York.
Identifier:
18_17_000119
Barcode:
36666003786916