Mixing a Recipe for Corns
Dublin Core
Title
Mixing a Recipe for Corns
Subject
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Caricatures
Callosities
Self medication
Etchings (prints)
Description
Amidst the chaos of her home a grotesque woman is fixated on a conjuring a cure for her corns. Cruikshank is commenting on the pitfalls of self-medication.
Abstract
Caricature of a woman self-medicating her corns, by George Cruikshank
Creator
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Publisher
G. Humphrey
Date Created
1819
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Robert Norton Ganz Collection (SA.L07.03)
References
Available online through HOLLIS here.
Format
image
Extent
1 etching
Medium
etching (printing process) on paper; hand coloring on paper
Language
English
Provenance
Harvard Medical Library. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Norton Ganz, 1990
Files
Collection
Citation
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, “Mixing a Recipe for Corns,” OnView, accessed April 20, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/12999.