Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A drunken satyr cavorts atop the globe; to his right physicians and quacks fight for legitimacy; to his left the scales held by a blindfold Justice are tipped by a lawyer's money: an allegory of the world of justice and health overturned into one of chance and greed. Coloured etching after J. Smies, c. 1800.
A drunken satyr cavorts atop the globe; to his right physicians and quacks fight for legitimacy; to his left the scales held by a blindfold Justice are tipped by a lawyer's money: an allegory of the world of justice and health overturned into one of chance and greed. Coloured etching after J. Smies, c. 1800.
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A drunken satyr cavorts atop the globe; to his right physicians and quacks fight for legitimacy; to his left the scales held by a blindfold Justice are tipped by a lawyer's money: an allegory of the world of justice and health overturned into one of chance and greed. Coloured etching after J. Smies, c. 1800.

Jacob Smies

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