The thunderer ; Margaret's ghost
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Author(s):
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
- Publication:
- [London] : Pubd. Augt. 20th 1782 by Eb. D'Achery St. James Street, [1782]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Sex Work Famous Persons History, 18th Century England George King of Great Britain, 1762-1830. Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
- Genre(s):
- Caricatures
- Abstract:
- Print shows a caricature of a man brandishing a sword and boasting of his exploits to the Prince of Wales outside "The Whirligig," a brothel. Gillray has depicted the man with the sword as enacting the part of Captain Bobadil in Ben Jonson's play "Every man in his humour." A miniaturized courtesan is shown spinning on a whirligig above the door to the brothel.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 print : 37 x 27 cm.
- Provenance:
- Gift; William H. Helfand; 2003; 03-75.
- Technique:
- etching, black and white
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101455834 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- C05441
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101455834