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Physicians - Clothing

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  • A physician examining urine. Mezzotint by C. Spooner after A. van Ostade.
  • Jean Jacques, a physician in traditional costume, 16--. Coloured engraving by L. Massard after himself.
  • Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Watercolour after L. Boilly, ca. 1823.
  • A medical consultation while a patient dies; a group of soldiers with a family; men in an artist's loft. Coloured lithograph c. 1840.
  • A young physician taking the pulse of a woman with whom he is flirting, a young man passing by raises his hat. Colour stipple engraving by J. Parker, 1783, after J. Northcote.
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    A woman recovering from childbirth; a physician; and three people. Coloured engraving, 183-.

    | Date: 1830-1839 | Reference: 21531i
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    Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823.

    Boilly, Louis, 1761-1845. | Date: [1823] | Reference: 16314i
    Part of: Grimaces
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    An excited physician examining a urine specimen and referring to a book, while the patient waits for the diagnosis, two assistants are mixing concoctions in the background. Mezzotint by J.B. Enzensberger after D. Teniers, the younger.

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690. | Reference: 21786i
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    Le costume du médecin à l'étranger / [Augustin Cabanés].

    Cabanès, Augustin, 1862-1928. | Date: [1925?]
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    A rural physician giving an elderly woman a tablet, she views it suspiciously, a younger woman stands smiling in the background. Colour stipple engraving by J. Cary, 1786, after H. Taylor.

    Taylor, H., active 1786. | Date: 25 March 1786 | Reference: 22184i
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