Inscription type: inscription
Inscription content: Lettered in Latin in lower margin, in a cartouche: "S. AVGVSTINVS / Episcopus Hiponensis, ac Doctor Eccl.æ ... /…
Allegorical figure of the physician as a man standing among books and tools of the medical professions. Interior view: surgery patient is having bandages changed; man with broken leg is on crutches; and the third patient is sitting by the…
The print contrasts Pitt's use of cash to support his Austrian allies with Napoleon's use of military force. Pitt is represented both as an accoucheur or man-midwife (he has a pair of forceps labeled "Income tax" sticking out of his pocket) and as a…
"Holbein prepared this cartoon for a large-scale work to commemorate the grant of a royal charter to the Company of Barbers and the Guild of Surgeons on their merger in 1540. Presumably at the request of his clients, Holbein based the design on that…