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Coloured caricature etching: a furry frenzied beast with arms raised in a draped room, a blue serpent coiling around a man by the fire, and a wigged doctor writing at right.

Fever, represented as a frenzied beast, stands racked in the centre of a room, while a blue monster, representing ague, ensnares his victim by the fireside; a doctor writes prescriptions to the right. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.

A coloured etching shows a hairy, frenzied beast with outstretched arms in the centre of a draped room. At left, a blue serpent-like monster coils around a seated man beside a fireplace, while a physician in a wig writes at a desk on the right.

Artist
Dunthorne, James, active 1780-1792.
Date
29 March 1788
Medium
Caricatures Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3004 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1788.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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