Accession No

5783

Brief Description

print of ‘The Cow-Pock’, ‘Pneumaticks’ and two others, by J. Gillray, English, 1803

Origin

England; St. James’s Street

Maker

Gillray, J. [inv] Humphrey, H. [publisher]

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1802

Latest Date

1802

Inscription Date

1802

Material

paper

Dimensions

height 634mm; width 473mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from an individual, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Free School Lane, Cambridge, England on 01/02/1999.

Inscription

‘J. Gillray inv. & ft The PIC-NIC ORCHESTRA Pubd. April 23d1802 by H. Humphrey St. James’s Street.’ (below picture no. 517)
‘Js. Gillray inv &...’ (in picture no. 518)
‘GERMANS EATING SOUR-KROUT. Pubd.May7th.1803.by H. Humphrey St. James’s Street’ (below picture no. 518)
‘J. Gillray del & ft.’ (in picture no. 519)
‘The COW-POCK _ or _ the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation!_ Vide._ the Publications of ye Anti-Vaccine Society.’ (under picture number 519)
‘Pubd. June 12th1802 by H. Humphrey. St. James’s Street’ (below picture no. 519)
‘Scientific Researches!_New Discoveries in PNEUMATICKS!_or_an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air.’ (along top of picture no.520)
‘J. Gillray inv. & ... Pubd.May23d.1802.by H. Humphrey St. James’s Street’ (below picture no.520)
‘517’ (top right corner of one picture)
‘518’ (top right corner of one picture)
‘519’ (top right corner of one picture)
‘520’ (top right corner of one picture)

Description Notes

Print. Four black and white comic-style pictures on one sheet. One picture is of cow-pox, and the effects of the vaccine. Another is of a pneumatics lecture. The other two are of a picnic orchestra, and of Germans eating ‘sour-krout’.

Condition: fair.

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