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A dubash or steward of an Indian prince, carrying a two-pronged baton beneath his belt, walks by a shore under a parasol carried by an assistant (peon) followed behind by other figures carrying his sedan chair. Coloured aquatint by J. Hassell after C. Gold, 1800.

A physician being tormented with medical and surgical treatments by grotesque figures representing his former patients. Coloured etching by R. Newton, 1792, after G.M. Woodward.

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Hassell, J. (John), 1767-1825

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A dubash or steward of an Indian prince, carrying a two-pronged baton beneath his belt, walks by a shore under a parasol carried by an assistant (peon) followed behind by other figures carrying his sedan chair. Coloured aquatint by J. Hassell after C. Gold, 1800.

A physician being tormented with medical and surgical treatments by grotesque figures representing his former patients. Coloured etching by R. Newton, 1792, after G.M. Woodward.