A statue of a physician as Aesculapius whose shadow forms the shape of a donkey. Pen drawing by Gay-again, 1831.
- Date:
- 1831
- Reference:
- 10940i
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1831.
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1 drawing : black pen and grey wash
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Aesculapius. A statue placed in the grand hall of the inquisition directly over the black hole. ... Gay-again invent & c.
Lettering continues. The quotation within it is a parody of "Shine out, fair sun, till I have bought a glass, That I may see my shadow as I pass" in Richard III by Shakespeare (act I, scene 2)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 10940i
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According to the lettering, the pose is based on the sculpture of Eloquence, a standing figure in the lower left part of the monument to John, 2nd Duke of Argyll, by L.F. Roubiliac in Westminster Abbey, 1745-1749, or the terracotta model for it in the Victoria and Albert Museum
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