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Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/34/10 |
Former Reference | D5459/2/147 |
Title | The Quack Doctor's Prayer |
Date | [30 Jul 1801] |
Description | A man in a black suit, powdered wig and white ruffled shirt kneels facing left. His hands are clasped and resting on a wooden box inscribed 'PATENT MEDICINES', and beneath a picture of a duck 'Quack, Quack, Quack.' On the left is a candelabra and on the right is a draped curtain. Available on CD 162. |
Level | Item |
Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
Further Information | Woodward Del : Rowlandson Scul
Text begins: 'ILLUSTRIOUS shade of the renowned Doctor Rock, still continue, I beseech thee, to pour down thy Influence on the Endeavours of thy modern Representative, Doctor Botherem ... '
Date based on Grego. |
Physical Description | Broadside with printed text and hand-coloured print. Size (whole sheet) 445 x 264 mm. Portrait. |
Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
Related Material | See D5459/2/34 for imprint of the text |
Publication Note | BM Sat 9794. Grego ii 31. |
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