Mr. Lambkin in bed undergoing hydrotherapy with a follower of V. Priessnitz. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank
period print · 1844
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SUMMARY
Wellcome Collection archival record for a satirical lithograph by George Cruikshank showing the fictional Mr. Lambkin undergoing the water cure attended by a follower of Priessnitz. The Wellcome catalogue names the artist (G. Cruikshank) and the subject of the plate, so the caption's attribution and subject description follow the archive record; the Wellcome record is undated, and the series date of 1844 is taken from the British Museum catalogue for Cruikshank's 'The Bachelor's Own Book' (Mr. Lambkin). The plate is a period artifact of the British hydropathy vogue that Priessnitz's Gräfenberg cure set off, not a documentary image of his practice. Rights status: Public Domain Mark. Source for the artifact-role media entity lambkin-hydrotherapy-cruikshank.
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This Wellcome Collection record is for George Cruikshank’s satirical lithograph of Mr. Lambkin, a fictional bachelor, undergoing the water cure attended by a follower of Priessnitz. The Wellcome catalogue supplies the artist’s name and the subject of the plate, which is the basis for the caption; the Wellcome record itself is undated, and the 1844 series date is drawn from the British Museum catalogue for Cruikshank’s “The Bachelor’s Own Book.” The plate is used as the artifact-role illustration: it documents the popular reception and satire of the Priessnitz hydropathy vogue in Britain rather than the Gräfenberg practice itself, and the caption does not present it as a record of an actual patient. The image carries a Public Domain Mark.