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A skeleton, representing death, enters through a window at left, while a doctor points a syringe at him at right. The patient is seated next to the doctor, holding up a spoon to protect him from the advance of Death.
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Title: The Doctor Dismissing Death
Artist:
Etched by Peter Simon (British, London ca. 1764–1813 Paris)
Artist:
Aquatint by Francis Jukes (British, Hertfordshire 1747–1812 London)
Artist:
After Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Publisher:
John Raphael Smith (British, baptized Derby 1751–1812 Doncaster)
Date: September 15, 1785
Medium: Etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink
Dimensions:
Plate: 13 3/8 × 15 3/8 in. (34 × 39 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 15 7/8 in. (35 × 40.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Object Number: 59.533.98
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