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Tobias Smollett

18th-century poet and author from Scotland

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7 images from works
  • Roderick Random (a licentiate from Scotland) facing a board of medical examiners at Surgeons Hall. Coloured aquatint by J. Stadler, 1800, after S. Collings after T. Smollett.
  • A treatise on the theory and practice of midwifery / [Ed. by T. Smollett].
  • A treatise on the theory and practice of midwifery / [Ed. by T. Smollett].
  • Roderick Random's fellow surgeon's mate approaching their new captain for the post of surgeon while docked in Jamaica; the foppish Captain Whiffle has fainted due to Morgan's appearance and odour, his entourage try to revive him with smelling salts and lavender water. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1793, after himself, after T. Smollett, c. 1750.
  • Roderick Random (a licentiate from Scotland) facing a board of medical examiners at Surgeons Hall. Coloured aquatint by J. Stadler, 1800, after S. Collings after T. Smollett.
  • A treatise on the theory and practice of midwifery / [Ed. by T. Smollett].
  • Mrs Lavement arriving back home late after the theatre with Captain O'Donnel causing Mr Lavement (an apothecary) much anger and jealousy, Roderick Random apprentice to Mr Lavement watches the scene with amusement. Etching by T. Rowlandson after himself after T. Smollett.

Images featuring Tobias Smollett

28 images from works
  • Tobias George Smollett. Stipple engraving by G. Phillips.
  • Tobias George Smollett. Line engraving by T. Cook, 1785.
  • Tobias George Smollett. Line engraving by J. Collyer, 1790.
  • Tobias George Smollett. Stipple engraving by S. Freeman after Sir J. Reynolds.
  • Tobias George Smollett. Stipple engraving by S. Freeman.
  • Tobias George Smollett. Stipple engraving by W. Ridley.
  • Tobias George Smollett. Stipple engraving by S. Freeman, 1831, after Sir J. Reynolds.
  • Tobias George Smollett. Stipple engraving by E Scriven.
  • Tobias George Smollett. Stipple engraving by W. Evans.
  • A trio of quack doctors attending to Britannia: the Earl of Bute with an ass's head blindfolds a woman who is vomiting into a bowl held by Louis XV as a baboon: Tobias Smollett takes her pulse;while Henry Fox approaches her with a clyster-pipe; representing the loss of British assets to France in the Treaty of Paris. Etching attributed to Paul Sandby, 1762.
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Erskine, Henry 1746-1817.
History, 18th Century
Great Britain - History - 1689-1714
Great Britain - History - George I, II, 1714-1760
Tobacco - Fiction
English poetry - 18th century
Odes, English - Early works to 1800