Metallic Tractors
Dublin Core
Title
Metallic Tractors
Subject
Satires (document genre)
Gillray, James, 1756-1815
Etchings (prints)
Caricatures
Quacks and quackery
Description
In 1796 Elisha Perkins, a physician from Connecticut, patented the metallic tractors shown in this print. He claimed the tractors could cure disease through electric force. Gillray's skepticism of this treatment is clear in this satire.
Abstract
Satire showing treatment by a quack physician using metallic tractors, by James Gillray
Creator
Gillray, James, 1756-1815
Publisher
H. Humphrey
Date Created
1801
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Manfred Kraemer Collection of Medical Prints and Satires. MMC 002 (03:05)
References
Available online through HOLLIS here.
Extent
1 etching
Medium
aquatint on paper; hand coloring on paper; watercolor on paper
Language
English
Provenance
Boston Medical Library. Gift of C. J. White, 1921
Files
Collection
Citation
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, “Metallic Tractors,” OnView, accessed April 20, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/12995.