Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A poor doctor takes the pulse of a rich, corpulent patient; he announces that he is very ill. Coloured stipple engraving by J.J. after E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.
A poor doctor takes the pulse of a rich, corpulent patient; he announces that he is very ill. Coloured stipple engraving by J.J. after E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.
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A poor doctor takes the pulse of a rich, corpulent patient; he announces that he is very ill. Coloured stipple engraving by J.J. after E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.

Edme Jean Pigal

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Lettering: The poor doctor and the rich patient. "You are very ill!". J.J. sc. Pigal

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