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Jerry beat to a standstill! Dr Please'em's prescription, Tom and Logic’s condolence, and the ‘slaveys’ on the alert
1821
plate 36 from Life in London by Pierce Egan, published by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, London, 1821
Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Measurements
10.4 × 18.1 cm (image) 12.8 × 19.4 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1966
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 14354; Cohn 262; Reid 4755, 5114
Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: Drawn & Eng.d (d in superscript above . ) by I.R. & G. Cruikshank
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: Jerry “beat to a standstill”! D,,r (r in superscipt above ,, ) Please’em’s Prescription, Tom / and Logic’s condolence;_ and the “Slaveys” on the alert.
Accession Number
1693C-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
bedrooms domestics (servants) ill (people) London (inhabited place) medicine (discipline) patients physicians treating (health care function)