Taking Physick

Primary James Gillray (London, England, 1757–1815)

NationalityEnglish, Europe

Date1800

MediumEtching and aquatint with hand-coloring

Catalogue raisonnéWright & Evans 481, Godfrey 149

DimensionsSheet: 11 1/4 × 8 11/16 in. (28.5 × 22 cm)
Additional Dimension: 10 5/16 × 7 7/8 in. (26.2 × 20 cm)

Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Karen G. and Dr. Elgin W. Ware, Jr. Collection, 2003.30

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Rights Statement

NO COPYRIGHT - PUBLIC DOMAIN

Collection AreaPrints and Drawings

Object number2003.30

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Web Comments

This is possibly the first in a series of five prints demonstrating the stages of illness and, more importantly, how the cure is often more agonizing than the sickness. The series includes: Taking Physick, Gentle Emetic, Brisk–Cathartic, Breathing the Vein, and Charming-well Again. Dr. Philip Syng Physick (1768-1837), the conceivable inspiration behind the print, was an American physician who studied under John Hunter in London in the 1790s.

Exhibitions

Pro Bono Publico: James Gillray and the Art of Satire

Language of Prints