File:The polygamical doctor (BM 1868,0808.4732).jpg
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Title |
The polygamical doctor |
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Description |
English: Dr. Madan (pilloried as the author of 'Thelyphthora a treatise on female ruin . . .' which advocated polygamy) is seated on a chair against the wall (right) at the back of the room; he rests his chin on two books which he holds in each hand. He wears a bushy wig and a doctor's gown which is turned up to show his knees and under-garments. A dog sits by his side barking; a cat on a shelf above his head stretches a paw to clutch his wig. In front (left) one woman helps another to put on a pair of breeches, which Madan has apparently taken off. Both are fashionably dressed, and of meretricious appearance. Beneath the print is written "Rara Avis in Anglia tres in una conjunctae"; this appears to be copied from an inscription which has been cut off. c.1780
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Depicted people | Representation of: Martin Madan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1780 date QS:P571,+1780-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.4732 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) 'Thelyphthora' was reviewed in the 'Gentleman's Magazine' for August 1780. It was the subject of two farces at Covent Garden, 'Thelyphthora or More Wives than one', by Pilon (8 Mar. 1781), and 'Chit Chat or the Penance of Polygamy' by Welwyn (20 Apr. 1781). Genest, vi. 192-3, 194. For Madan see BMSat 4470, 5496. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-4732 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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