To the Noblemen Gentlemen & Others, Patrons Presidents & Professors of the Veterinary Colleg
Collection:

Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)

 

Author(s):

Jukes, Francis, 1745-1812, artist

 

Publication:

[London] : Pubd. March 28, 1792, according to Act of Parliament by F. Jukes, [1792]

 

Language(s):

English

 

Format:

Still image

 

Subject(s):

Veterinary Medicine,

Horses, London,

Royal Veterinary College, (London, England)

 

Genre(s):

Pictorial Works, Caricatures

 

Abstract:

The first in a series of four numbered prints satirizing the recently opened Royal Veterinary College in London. In this print, two men crop the ears of a horse in front of the gate of the Royal Veterinary College. One man holds the nose of of the horse with a crop, while the other man stands on a table and clips the ear of the horse. Blood spurts from the horse.

 

Exhibition:

Exhibited: "From Craft to Profession: The Transition from Horse Farrier to Professional Veterinarian," HMD Reading Room, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Md., July 11, 2011 - January 24, 2012.

 

Extent:

1 print : plate mark 26 x 28 cm., on sheet 29 x 31 cm.

 

Provenance:

Purchase; 1967.

 

Technique:

aquatint, color

 

NLM Unique ID:

101393263

 

NLM Image ID:

A021616

 

Permanent Link:

resource.nlm.nih.gov/101393263