Dr. Sangrado Curing John Bull of Repletion

Dr. Sangrado Curing John Bull of Repletion

Phlebotomy

Gillray, James, 1756-1815

Etchings (prints)

Political cartoons

Caricatures

Great Britain--Politics and government

An excellent example of the use of medical metaphor for political comment, this print depicts one of Gillray's favorite targets, Henry Addington, Prime Minister 1801-1804, bleeding John Bull (Great Britain). Addington, the son of a physician, was known as "The Doctor." Gillray compares the effectiveness of Addington's policies to that of bleeding a patient. To the side stands the enemy, Napoleon, ready to benefit from a weakened Great Britain.

Political cartoon drawing an analogy between the ineffectiveness of Prime Minister Henry Addington's politics and bloodletting, by James Gillray

Gillray, James, 1756-1815

H. Humphrey

1803

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Satiric Prints Collection (SA.L01.06)

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image

1 etching

etching (printing process) on paper; hand coloring on paper

English

Purchased for the Boston Medical Library through the Mark David Altschule Fund for Prints and Graphics, 1985