Committee of Health, 1795, The Committé de Santé (title on object), Hollandia Regenerata (series title), Cartoon on the (non-existent) Committee of Health, 1795. A group of Dutch and French quacks surrounding the Dutch Virgin of the Batavian Republic, depicted as an old ugly woman with bare breasts. One of the charlatans has opened her vein and blood is squirting into a dish in her lap. The standing citizen on the right is probably the surgeon Willem Leurs, who wrote a treatise on veinletting., print maker: James Gillray (possibly), intermediary draughtsman: David Hess, London, 1795, paper, etching, height 275 mm × width 220 mm
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Committee, Health, 1795, Committé de Santé, Hollandia Regenerata, series title, Cartoon, non-existent, Committee, Health, 1795, group, Dutch, French quacks surrounding, Dutch Virgin, Batavian Republic, depicted, old ugly woman, bare breasts, charlatans, opened, vein, blood, squirting, dish, lap, standing citizen, right, surgeon Willem Leurs, wrote, treatise, veinletting, print maker, James Gillray, intermediary draughtsman, David Hess, London, 1795, paper, etching, height 275 mm, width 220 mm
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