A doctor's front door, with a chimney sweep, in the snow. Drawing by John Leighton ("Luke Limner").

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A doctor's front door, with a chimney sweep, in the snow. Drawing by John Leighton ("Luke Limner"). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Possibly intended as a visual pun: "sweep in the snow" as homonym of "sweepin' the snow"

Physical description

1 drawing : pen and ink ; image 11.7 x 7.5 cm

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Dr Snore ; patients ; knock and ring ; servants ; first sketch for Christmas card sweep in the snow.

Creator/production credits

Attribution from artist's studio stamp, "John Leighton", in mauve ink, in bottom left corner of paper mount

Reference

Wellcome Collection 25360i

Reproduction note

Study for a chromolithographic Christmas card (cf. no. 23561i in the Wellcome Library catalogue)

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