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Satires (Visual works)

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Images of Satires (Visual works)

16 images from works
  • Morison's Pills : the wonderful power of the pills exemplified showing the same person before and after having taken a dose : dedicated with profound respect to all true disciples of Esculapius, more especially to the Royal College of Physicians / by Pilula Rhubarbus, M.D., Professor of Phlebotomy to the Royal Islington abattoirs : sung by Mr. Fitzwilliam.
  • Les obus de Choumara / P. Lachambeaudie.
  • Morison's Pills : the wonderful power of the pills exemplified showing the same person before and after having taken a dose : dedicated with profound respect to all true disciples of Esculapius, more especially to the Royal College of Physicians / by Pilula Rhubarbus, M.D., Professor of Phlebotomy to the Royal Islington abattoirs : sung by Mr. Fitzwilliam.
  • Morison's Pills : the wonderful power of the pills exemplified showing the same person before and after having taken a dose : dedicated with profound respect to all true disciples of Esculapius, more especially to the Royal College of Physicians / by Pilula Rhubarbus, M.D., Professor of Phlebotomy to the Royal Islington abattoirs : sung by Mr. Fitzwilliam.
  • Monster soup commonly called Thames water, being a correct representation of that precious stuff doled out to us!!!
  • Morison's Pills : the wonderful power of the pills exemplified showing the same person before and after having taken a dose : dedicated with profound respect to all true disciples of Esculapius, more especially to the Royal College of Physicians / by Pilula Rhubarbus, M.D., Professor of Phlebotomy to the Royal Islington abattoirs : sung by Mr. Fitzwilliam.
  • Monster soup commonly called Thames water, being a correct representation of that precious stuff doled out to us!!!
  • Les obus de Choumara / P. Lachambeaudie.
  • Morison's Pills : the wonderful power of the pills exemplified showing the same person before and after having taken a dose : dedicated with profound respect to all true disciples of Esculapius, more especially to the Royal College of Physicians / by Pilula Rhubarbus, M.D., Professor of Phlebotomy to the Royal Islington abattoirs : sung by Mr. Fitzwilliam.
  • Monster soup commonly called Thames water, being a correct representation of that precious stuff doled out to us!!!

Works from the collections

26 works

    • Ephemera

    The prescription / Quack & Co.

    | Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]
    • Pictures

    Jansenism is weighed in a balance against Roman Catholicism. Etching attributed to Carel Allard, 1705.

    | Date: [1705] | Reference: 2141442i
    Part of: Lust-hof van Momus.
    • Pictures

    The Catholic powers gather around the infant James Francis Edward Stuart. Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1688, with letterpress.

    Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708. | Date: [1688] | Reference: 2136644i
    • Pictures

    A mountain, representing the battle of Mons (Bergen), giving birth to a mouse (representing the French army) which is killed by a man representing the Grand Alliance. Etching attributed to A. Allard, 1709.

    | Date: [1709] | Reference: 2139917i
    Part of: Lust-hof van Momus.
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Les obus de Choumara / P. Lachambeaudie.

    Lachambeaudie, Pierre, 1807-1872. | Date: [1871?]

Related topics

Netherlands
Catholics
Protestants
France
United Kingdom
Europe
Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714
Christianity and international relations
Grand Alliance, War of the, 1689-1697
Swiss mercenaries

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