Dr. Arther & his man Bob giving Iohn Bull a Bolus). _ Quacks from Church St _
[Monogram of Paul Pry] Esq.r.
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket
Coloured etching, sheet 245 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed inside platemark; fold through centre; good colouring.
John, larger in scale than his tormentors, lies on the ground supported by Peel, who kneels behind him, while Wellington, leaning forward on tiptoe, uses a thick rod with a cross-bar to ram down his mouth a large paper: 'Catholic Emancipation'. John, bottle-nosed and brandy-faced, wears an open waistcoat and shirt, with gaiters drawn above the knee. Peel, wearing over sleeves and apron, holds the patient's jaws with grim determination. Wellington, dressed like an old-fashioned doctor except for cavalry boots, rests his whole weight on the cross-bar of his rammer. Behind Peel on the extreme left and partly cut off by the margin is a large pestle and mortar inscribed 'Dose for 40s Free[holders]’.
BM Satires: 15714.
[Ref: 43834] £140.00
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket
Coloured etching, sheet 245 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed inside platemark; fold through centre; good colouring.
John, larger in scale than his tormentors, lies on the ground supported by Peel, who kneels behind him, while Wellington, leaning forward on tiptoe, uses a thick rod with a cross-bar to ram down his mouth a large paper: 'Catholic Emancipation'. John, bottle-nosed and brandy-faced, wears an open waistcoat and shirt, with gaiters drawn above the knee. Peel, wearing over sleeves and apron, holds the patient's jaws with grim determination. Wellington, dressed like an old-fashioned doctor except for cavalry boots, rests his whole weight on the cross-bar of his rammer. Behind Peel on the extreme left and partly cut off by the margin is a large pestle and mortar inscribed 'Dose for 40s Free[holders]’.
BM Satires: 15714.
[Ref: 43834] £140.00