Britannia between death and the doctor's
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Author(s):
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
- Publication:
- [London] : Published May 20th 1804 by H. Humphrey, [1804, printed 1851?]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- History, 19th Century Famous Persons United Kingdom Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844. Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Genre(s):
- Caricatures Pictorial Works
- Abstract:
- A satire of Pitt's return to office in 1804. Pitt is shown in the chamber of Britannia. Britannia sits listlessly on a bed, holding a sword in one hand. Next to her, leaning against the bed, is her shield and olive branches. Pitt holds aloft a bottle labelled "Constitutional Restorative" as he kicks another man, a caricature of Addington, through the door. Addington is in the process of dropping a bottle labelled "Composing Draft". With his other foot, Pitt steps on the face of a flailing and prostrate Fox, who holds a bottle labelled "Rebublican Balsam" towards Britannia. From Fox's pocket dice and a dice container labelled "Whig Pills" have fallen. Emerging from behind the bed curtains, the figure of Death, a skeleton with the face and plumed bicorne of Napoleon, overturns a table and upsets bottles of medicine and points his sword toward the unsuspecting Britannia.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 print : 32 x 46 cm.
- Provenance:
- Gift; William H. Helfand; 2003; 03-75.
- Technique:
- engraving, black and white
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101457375 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- C05483
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101457375