An attack on smallpox vaccination and on the Royal College of Physicians' advocacy of it. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1812.

  • Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
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[1 August] 1812
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11757i
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An attack on smallpox vaccination and on the Royal College of Physicians' advocacy of it. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1812. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Six scenes, each with extensive dialogue or annotations (see British Museum catalogue)

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[London] (5 Newgate St. Scourge) : M. Jones, [1 August] 1812.

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1 print : etching, with watercolour

Lettering

The cowpox tragedy - scene the last. G. Cruikshank sculpt.

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. IX, London 1949, no. 11953

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Wellcome Collection 11757i

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