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The Gout. James Gillray, Etching coloured, 1799. Subject: Gout, Pain, Demons & Devils.
The Healing Arts: The Gout.
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The Gout. James Gillray, Etching coloured, 1799. Subject: Gout, Pain, Demons & Devils.
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![[Bloodletting Calendar] So man zalt nach der geburt Christ M.CCCCC.XIX. Anonymous, German, 1519. Subject: Phlebotomy, Almanacs & Calenders, Astrology, Saints, Uroscopy, Saint Cosmas, Saint Damian.](https://i1.wp.com/freethoughtblogs.com/affinity/files/2018/06/BloodC.jpg?ssl=1)
[Bloodletting Calendar] So man zalt nach der geburt Christ M.CCCCC.XIX. Anonymous, German, 1519. Subject: Phlebotomy, Almanacs & Calenders, Astrology, Saints, Uroscopy, Saint Cosmas, Saint Damian.
Click for full size. Text translation in comments. Oooh, Death makes a dashing devil!
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He saw an Apothecary on a white horse… Thomas Landseer, Etching, 1831. Subject: Obstetrics,Pharmacist, Devil, Snuff, The Lancet.
He saw an Apothecary, on a white horse,
Ride by on his avocations;
And the Devil was tickled for it put him in mind
Of Death in the Revelations.
Click for full size. Look at Death’s grand mustache! And flaunting that nekkid arse, too. And what is with those astonishing sleeves on the Nobleman? Looks like oak leaves. Text translation in comments.
Click for full size. There’s a notation on the bottom, about this being copied from Durer, cf something something 1525. It’s difficult to make out.
A Study Of Proportions. Anonymous, Pen, Black Ink, and Pencil. Subject: Anatomy, Proportion, Anatomy In Art, Albrecht Durer.
Click for full size. Text translation in comments. Is it just me, or does the urine-inspector* look like Sam Harris? (*See translation.)
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The true and lively Pourtraicture of Valentine Greatrakes Esq…Anonymous, 1794, Publisher W. Richardson. Subject: Faith Healing, Valentine Greatrakes (1628-83).
Click for full size. Text translations in the comments. Death’s toes are extraordinarily long.
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The Evil Spirit Of The White House. James Albert Wales, Lithograph coloured, 1881. Subject: U.S.A. Politics, Infectious Disease, Malaria, Contagion, James Abram Garfield.
Click for full size. I swear, Death’s face in The Count is a dead ringer for Peter Cushing. Death also gets in a bit of arse kicking in The Knight. Text translation in the comments.
A most evocative piece by Rockwell Kent, click for full size.
Nightmare. Rockwell Kent, Lithograph. Subject: Nightmares, Suicide.