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The amazing web site of Shakespeare's Sonnets. Arms of the Undertakers, by Hogarth.
HAKESPEARE'S ONNETS
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William Hogarth 1697 - 1764.
Arms of the Undertakers 1736
| The sketch is a satire against physicians, rather than undertakers, as the term is now understood. The suggestion is that doctors of the day were incompetent buffoons who saw most people off to the grave. The characters at the bottom are inspecting a urine bottle. Many of them are sniffing their gold headed canes, which probably contained salts or disinfectants. The figure at bottom centre left is said to be Mrs. Mapp, a celebrated bone setter, who wandered about the country and was known as Crazy Sally. The figure on her right is Chevalier Taylor, a noted oculist of the time. The figure dressed in harlequin at the top is possibly lampooning Sir Hans Sloane, whose collection formed the foundation of the British Museum. | ||
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