A sailor with a bandaged eye consulting a mercenary medical practitioner
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| Caption | A sailor with a bandaged eye consulting a mercenary medical practitioner. Coloured etching by I Cruikshank, 1807?, after GM Woodward. The sailor describes his medical history in nautical terms. He refers to a skeleton suspended in a cupboard as the doctor's "messmate". Created 1807?. Quacks and quackery. Skeleton. Costume – History (- 19th century). Sailors. Jargon (Terminology). Contributors: G M Woodward (approximately 1760–1809); Isaac Cruikshank (1756?-1811?). Work ID: y8gpyfdr. |
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| Creator | see caption |
| Artwork medium | etching, with watercolour |
| Credit | Wellcome Collection |
| Terms of use | Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) |
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