Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A pair of obese gouty men in night-caps gaping at a fly in fear that it may land on a gouty limb. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1796, after G.M. Woodward.
A pair of obese gouty men in night-caps gaping at a fly in fear that it may land on a gouty limb. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1796, after G.M. Woodward.
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A pair of obese gouty men in night-caps gaping at a fly in fear that it may land on a gouty limb. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1796, after G.M. Woodward.

George Moutard Woodward · 1796

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Lords of the creation frightened at a fly. Woodward. del. ; Cruikshank s.p.

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