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An operator treating the carbuncled nose of an obese patient with "Perkins's tractors". Coloured aquatint after J. Gillray, 1801.

A doctor trying to administer medicines to a drunken, carbuncled sailor. Coloured etching by W. Elmes after XYZ.

A carbuncled woman retiring to bed; creating a satirical figure of female vanity. Coloured wood engraving.

A self-indulgent man afflicted with gout: the pain is represented by a demon burning his foot. Coloured lithograph by G. Cruikshank, 1818, after Captain Hehl.

An operator treating the carbuncled nose of an obese patient with "Perkins's tractors". Coloured aquatint by J. Gillray, 1801.

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Carbuncle

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Images referencing Carbuncle

Works from the collections

A carbuncled woman retiring to bed; creating a satirical figure of female vanity. Coloured wood engraving.

A doctor trying to administer medicines to a drunken, carbuncled sailor. Coloured etching by W. Elmes after XYZ.

An operator treating the carbuncled nose of an obese patient with "Perkins's tractors". Coloured aquatint by J. Gillray, 1801.

An operator treating the carbuncled nose of an obese patient with "Perkins's tractors". Coloured aquatint after J. Gillray, 1801.

A self-indulgent man afflicted with gout: the pain is represented by a demon burning his foot. Coloured lithograph by G. Cruikshank, 1818, after Captain Hehl.

Carbuncle

Images from the collections

Images referencing Carbuncle

Works from the collections

A carbuncled woman retiring to bed; creating a satirical figure of female vanity. Coloured wood engraving.

A doctor trying to administer medicines to a drunken, carbuncled sailor. Coloured etching by W. Elmes after XYZ.

An operator treating the carbuncled nose of an obese patient with "Perkins's tractors". Coloured aquatint by J. Gillray, 1801.

An operator treating the carbuncled nose of an obese patient with "Perkins's tractors". Coloured aquatint after J. Gillray, 1801.

A self-indulgent man afflicted with gout: the pain is represented by a demon burning his foot. Coloured lithograph by G. Cruikshank, 1818, after Captain Hehl.

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