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Title

Lieu't. Gover'r. Gall-Stone, inspired by Alecto; or, The Birth of Minerva

Name/Creator

Gillray, James, 1757-1815, English, artist

Thicknesse, Philip, 1719-1792, English, subject

Medusa (Greek mythology), subject

VIA ID

olvwork384576

Digital Object

Lieu't. Gover'r. Gall-Stone, inspired by Alecto; or, The Birth of Minerva

Location

Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

Creation Date

1790

Description

66 x 50 cm.

Form/Genre

still image

etchings

Materials Type

watercolor on paper

Materials Type

etching (printing process)

Materials Type

aquatint

Materials Type

hand coloring

Subject

caricatures

Category

The Great Plague of London, 1665

Plague

Broadsides

Note

Production: "James Gillray deisgn, et fec't. Pub'd. Feb'y. 15th 1790 by H. Humphrey, N.18 Old Bond Street"

Inscription: On recto of image: "From his head she sprung, a Goddess Arm'd", Milton. To the Opinions of The right hon.ble Edward, Lord Thurlow, the Earls Camden, Bute, Bathurst, and Coventry, George Touchet -Baron- Audley, and Philip Thicknesse Jun.r Esq.r to the Literati, the Royal Society, the Military, Medical and Obstetric bodies, this attempt to Elucidate the properties of Honor and Courage, Intelligence and Philanthropy, is most respectfully submitted, by their humble servant, J.s Gillray."