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Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
The cow-pock, or, The wonderful effects of the new inoculation ; The pic-nic orchestra Js. Gillray del & ft.
Title (Alternative):
Wonderful effects of the new inoculation
Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Subject (Genre):
Caricatures
Subject (Genre):
Pictorial Works
Subject (MeSH Term):
Vaccination
Subject (MeSH Term):
Vaccinia
Subject (Geographic Name):
England
Publication Information:
[London] : Pubd. June 12th 1802 by H. Humphrey St. James's Street, [1802]
Publication Country:
England
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
C05444
Physical Description:
1 print : engraving and etching, b&w ; 27 x 37 cm.
Image Description:
Subject: A satirical view of a vaccine institution. Patients are shown either in the process of receiving the vaccine or immediately after being vaccinated. In the center of the print a woman is shown sitting while a doctor gashes her arm with a knife. The patients who have already been administered the vaccine have cow parts or horns issuing from various parts of their bodies. On the back wall hangs a painting of a cow on a pedestal to which a group of kneeling people pay hommage.
Note (General):
Picture caption: Vide, the publications of ye Anti-Vaccine Society.
Note (General):
Printed in the head right corner: "519".
Note (General):
An impression from the original plate circa 1851. Plate from: Gillray, J. The works of James Gillray, from the original plates, with the addition of many subjects not before collected. London, [1851].
Note (General):
Images printed on both sides. Gillray's "The pic-nic orchestra" is printed on the verso and is separately catalogued (HMD PP059048 num ovr).
Cited in:
Wright, T. Gillray, no. 519
Cited in:
George v. 8, no. 9924
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
HMD provides access to digital images in lieu of originals when electronic copies exist. Access to originals may require advance notice. Please see HMD Reference Librarian for more information.
Source of Acquisition:
Gift; William H. Helfand; 2003;
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Call Number:
PP059049 num ovr
Record UI:
101455847

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