A sick man stranded on the toilet after taking a laxative. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.

  • Sneyd, John.
Date:
28 January 1804
Reference:
12068i
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A sick man stranded on the toilet after taking a laxative. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (St James's Street) : H. Humphrey, 28 January 1804.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 25.9 x 20.7 cm

Lettering

Brisk - cathartic.

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. VIII, London 1947, no. 10305

Notes

One of a set of studies in facial expression, all with the same imprint

Reference

Wellcome Collection 12068i

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