Thomas Uwins, 1782–1857, British, Gil Blas Practicing Medicine Under Dr. Sangrado, between 1820 and 1822
- Title:
- Gil Blas Practicing Medicine Under Dr. Sangrado
- Part Of:
- Date:
- between 1820 and 1822
- Materials & Techniques:
- Brown wash with brown pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, laid in contemporary mount made of moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 17 3/8 x 20 1/2 inches (44.2 x 52 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 13 5/8 x 17 1/8 inches (34.6 x 43.5 cm), Sheet: 12 7/8 x 16 1/2 inches (32.7 x 41.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, on mount, lower left: "T. UWINS."; on mount, lower center: "Gil Blas while practicing medicine under Dr. Sangrado | encounters Dr Cuchillo at the bedside of the Grocer"; on mount, lower right: ""Le petit médecin me dit en souriant d'un air plein de malice: | vous croyez que ces remédes lui sauveront la vie?" | Gil Blas"; in graphite, on mount, lower right: "100"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.4336
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bed | bedroom | cane | canopy | chairs | cloaks | coats | curtains | death | drapery | dress | eyeglasses | gesture | humor | illness | interior | L'Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane (1715-1735) | literary theme | medicine | men | physicians | picaresque novel | satire | science | women
- Associated People:
- characters
Gil Blas
Dr. Sangrado
Dr. Cuchillo - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14162
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Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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