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The Doctor himself pouring out his whole soul for 1s. Satirical etching by John Boyne, 12 February 1783 (British Museum 1868,0808.4926).

period print · 1783
type:period print
year:1783
citation:John Boyne (artist). *The Docter himself Pouring out his whole Soul for 1[s].* Satirical etching, London, published 12 February 1783 by R. Rusted. British Museum, accession 1868,0808.4926. Reproduced on Wikimedia Commons; public domain.
LINK
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_doctor_himself_pouring_out_his_whole_soul_for_1s_(BM_1868,0808.4926).jpg
SUMMARY
Wikimedia Commons reproduction of a British Museum satirical etching by John Boyne, published in London on 12 February 1783 by R. Rusted (accession 1868,0808.4926). The print shows the lecturing figure (identified by the British Museum catalogue as Dr. James Graham) raised above an audience, with the title 'The Docter himself Pouring out his whole Soul for 1[s]' mocking the shilling admission to Graham's lectures and the publication line reading 'London Published... Feb 12 1783 by R Rusted'. The British Museum catalogue notes the print references Graham's 'Lecture on the Generation Increase and Improvement of the Human Species' and his Celestial Bed. The visible image clearly shows a single standing speaker on a raised platform addressing a crowd of well-dressed onlookers; the identification of the speaker as Graham rests on the British Museum / Wikimedia catalogue record. Public domain. Source for the artifact-role period print of a Graham lecture.
NOTES

Wikimedia Commons reproduction of a British Museum satirical etching by John Boyne (12 February 1783, accession 1868,0808.4926) titled “The Docter himself Pouring out his whole Soul for 1[s]”. The print is one of the principal contemporary visual records of James Graham’s London lecture circuit and is cited as the artifact-role period print on the case page. The identification of the standing speaker as Graham rests on the British Museum / Wikimedia catalogue record.