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, English, 1697-1764
Title
The Company of Undertakers
Date1737
MediumEtching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 26.9 x 18.6 cm
Plate: 26 x 17.8 cm
Credit LinePresented, Mrs E. Bishop, 1942
Terms
  • 2nd State
Object numberNGI.11521
DescriptionThis satirical print is a mock coat-of-arms with fifteen doctors, three of whom, in the upper division, are identified as John Taylor, Sarah Mapp (or possibly Sir Hans Sloane), and Joshua Ward; three in the lower centre peer at liquid in a glass phial, the one to left using a pince-nez.