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Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
Breathing a vein [J. Gillray].
Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Subject (Keyword):
Bloodletting
Subject (Keyword):
Facial Expression
Subject (Genre):
Caricatures
Subject (MeSH Term):
Physicians
Publication Information:
London: H. Humphrey, Jan. 28, 1804.
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
A021537
Physical Description:
1 print : etching, color ; 39 x 28 cm.
Image Description:
A man sitting on a stool is being bled by another man standing next to him and holding his arm in one hand and, in the other, a bowl into which the blood spurts.
Note (General):
Old Negative no. 56-208
Cited in:
Catalogue of political and personal satires...in the British Museum; 10306
Cited in:
Wright & Evans; 483
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
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Call Number:
WZ 336 G48 no. 4 sol
Record UI:
101393173

Breathing a vein [J. Gillray].

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