["The Expedition of Humphry Clinker"; "Burdock refiting the surgeon's attempt to trepan him."]
Description:
Etching and engraving print from page 216 of Charles Grignion I's "The Expedition of Humphry Clinker"; "Burdock refiting the surgeon's attempt to trepan him.". The print includes an oval framing the scene with characteristic flourishes of ivy vines surrounding a plaque with the title information. The main figure in the image appears standing on his bed angrily confronting a flustered doctor to a room of terrified onlookers. The print was part of a copy of the picaresque novel "The Expedition of…
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Date:
[1695..1800]
Creator:
Grignion, Charles the Elder
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