The Lancett Club at a Thurtell Feast, by Thomas Rowlandson

Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 330-332

  Wheeler, Susan ^a  

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ART; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; HISTORY; HUMAN; PAINTING; PUBLIC FIGURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUTOPSY; ENGLAND; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICINE IN ART; PAINTINGS;

EID: 0036652717     PISSN: 00225045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/57.3.330     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Estimate of Robert R. Wark, Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson in the Huntington Collection (San Marino, California: The Huntington Collection, 1975), p. 1. Rowlandson's prodigious output supported his pursuit of a "joyous life" that included gambling. John Hayes, The Art of Thomas Rowlandson (Alexandria, Virginia: Art Services International, 1990), pp. 11, 13. See "Obituary" in The Gentlemen's Magazine, June, 1827, 97, p. 564, also quoted in ibid., P. 13.
2. Estimate of Robert R. Wark, Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson in the Huntington Collection (San Marino, California: The Huntington Collection, 1975), p. 1. Rowlandson's prodigious output supported his pursuit of a "joyous life" that included gambling. John Hayes, The Art of Thomas Rowlandson (Alexandria, Virginia: Art Services International, 1990), pp. 11, 13. See "Obituary" in The Gentlemen's Magazine, June, 1827, 97, p. 564, also quoted in ibid., P. 13.
3. Estimate of Robert R. Wark, Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson in the Huntington Collection (San Marino, California: The Huntington Collection, 1975), p. 1. Rowlandson's prodigious output supported his pursuit of a "joyous life" that included gambling. John Hayes, The Art of Thomas Rowlandson (Alexandria, Virginia: Art Services International, 1990), pp. 11, 13. See "Obituary" in The Gentlemen's Magazine, June, 1827, 97, p. 564, also quoted in ibid., P. 13.
4. Estimate of Robert R. Wark, Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson in the Huntington Collection (San Marino, California: The Huntington Collection, 1975), p. 1. Rowlandson's prodigious output supported his pursuit of a "joyous life" that included gambling. John Hayes, The Art of Thomas Rowlandson (Alexandria, Virginia: Art Services International, 1990), pp. 11, 13. See "Obituary" in The Gentlemen's Magazine, June, 1827, 97, p. 564, also quoted in ibid., P. 13.
5. The Dissection is in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California. See Wark, Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson, p. 38, no. 2. Mimi Cazort suggests that William Hunter may be the subject. See Mimi Cazort, Monique Kornell, and K. B. Roberts, The Ingenious Machine of Nature: Four Centuries of Art and Anatomy (Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1996), pp. 214-15, no. 102. (The drawing is referred to as "The Dissecting Room") John Riely, "Early Drawings of Thomas Rowlandson," Apollo, 1983, 117, pp. 30-38, dates the drawing 1776-1778. William Hunter in his Anatomy School . . . is in the Royal College of Surgeons, London. Stewart Craig Thomson, "The Great Windmill Street School," Bull. Hist. Med., 1942, 12, pp. 377-91. Gerhard Wolf-Heidegger and Anna Maria Cetto, Die anatomische Sektion in bildlicher Darstellung (Basel: S. Karger, 1967), pp. 360-62, no. 321. Published as "The Dissecting Room," lithograph by T. C. Wilson, n.d. See M. Dorothy George, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol. 7 (London: British Museum Publications, 1978 reprint of 1942 edition), pp. 671-72, no. 9682.
6. The Dissection is in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California. See Wark, Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson, p. 38, no. 2. Mimi Cazort suggests that William Hunter may be the subject. See Mimi Cazort, Monique Kornell, and K. B. Roberts, The Ingenious Machine of Nature: Four Centuries of Art and Anatomy (Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1996), pp. 214-15, no. 102. (The drawing is referred to as "The Dissecting Room") John Riely, "Early Drawings of Thomas Rowlandson," Apollo, 1983, 117, pp. 30-38, dates the drawing 1776-1778. William Hunter in his Anatomy School . . . is in the Royal College of Surgeons, London. Stewart Craig Thomson, "The Great Windmill Street School," Bull. Hist. Med., 1942, 12, pp. 377-91. Gerhard Wolf-Heidegger and Anna Maria Cetto, Die anatomische Sektion in bildlicher Darstellung (Basel: S. Karger, 1967), pp. 360-62, no. 321. Published as "The Dissecting Room," lithograph by T. C. Wilson, n.d. See M. Dorothy George, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol. 7 (London: British Museum Publications, 1978 reprint of 1942 edition), pp. 671-72, no. 9682.
7. The Dissection is in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California. See Wark, Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson, p. 38, no. 2. Mimi Cazort suggests that William Hunter may be the subject. See Mimi Cazort, Monique Kornell, and K. B. Roberts, The Ingenious Machine of Nature: Four Centuries of Art and Anatomy (Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1996), pp. 214-15, no. 102. (The drawing is referred to as "The Dissecting Room") John Riely, "Early Drawings of Thomas Rowlandson," Apollo, 1983, 117, pp. 30-38, dates the drawing 1776-1778. William Hunter in his Anatomy School . . . is in the Royal College of Surgeons, London. Stewart Craig Thomson, "The Great Windmill Street School," Bull. Hist. Med., 1942, 12, pp. 377-91. Gerhard Wolf-Heidegger and Anna Maria Cetto, Die anatomische Sektion in bildlicher Darstellung (Basel: S. Karger, 1967), pp. 360-62, no. 321. Published as "The Dissecting Room," lithograph by T. C. Wilson, n.d. See M. Dorothy George, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol. 7 (London: British Museum Publications, 1978 reprint of 1942 edition), pp. 671-72, no. 9682.
8. The Dissection is in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California. See Wark, Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson, p. 38, no. 2. Mimi Cazort suggests that William Hunter may be the subject. See Mimi Cazort, Monique Kornell, and K. B. Roberts, The Ingenious Machine of Nature: Four Centuries of Art and Anatomy (Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1996), pp. 214-15, no. 102. (The drawing is referred to as "The Dissecting Room") John Riely, "Early Drawings of Thomas Rowlandson," Apollo, 1983, 117, pp. 30-38, dates the drawing 1776-1778. William Hunter in his Anatomy School . . . is in the Royal College of Surgeons, London. Stewart Craig Thomson, "The Great Windmill Street School," Bull. Hist. Med., 1942, 12, pp. 377-91. Gerhard Wolf-Heidegger and Anna Maria Cetto, Die anatomische Sektion in bildlicher Darstellung (Basel: S. Karger, 1967), pp. 360-62, no. 321. Published as "The Dissecting Room," lithograph by T. C. Wilson, n.d. See M. Dorothy George, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol. 7 (London: British Museum Publications, 1978 reprint of 1942 edition), pp. 671-72, no. 9682.
9. The Dissection is in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California. See Wark, Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson, p. 38, no. 2. Mimi Cazort suggests that William Hunter may be the subject. See Mimi Cazort, Monique Kornell, and K. B. Roberts, The Ingenious Machine of Nature: Four Centuries of Art and Anatomy (Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1996), pp. 214-15, no. 102. (The drawing is referred to as "The Dissecting Room") John Riely, "Early Drawings of Thomas Rowlandson," Apollo, 1983, 117, pp. 30-38, dates the drawing 1776-1778. William Hunter in his Anatomy School . . . is in the Royal College of Surgeons, London. Stewart Craig Thomson, "The Great Windmill Street School," Bull. Hist. Med., 1942, 12, pp. 377-91. Gerhard Wolf-Heidegger and Anna Maria Cetto, Die anatomische Sektion in bildlicher Darstellung (Basel: S. Karger, 1967), pp. 360-62, no. 321. Published as "The Dissecting Room," lithograph by T. C. Wilson, n.d. See M. Dorothy George, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol. 7 (London: British Museum Publications, 1978 reprint of 1942 edition), pp. 671-72, no. 9682.
10. The Dissection is in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California. See Wark, Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson, p. 38, no. 2. Mimi Cazort suggests that William Hunter may be the subject. See Mimi Cazort, Monique Kornell, and K. B. Roberts, The Ingenious Machine of Nature: Four Centuries of Art and Anatomy (Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1996), pp. 214-15, no. 102. (The drawing is referred to as "The Dissecting Room") John Riely, "Early Drawings of Thomas Rowlandson," Apollo, 1983, 117, pp. 30-38, dates the drawing 1776-1778. William Hunter in his Anatomy School . . . is in the Royal College of Surgeons, London. Stewart Craig Thomson, "The Great Windmill Street School," Bull. Hist. Med., 1942, 12, pp. 377-91. Gerhard Wolf-Heidegger and Anna Maria Cetto, Die anatomische Sektion in bildlicher Darstellung (Basel: S. Karger, 1967), pp. 360-62, no. 321. Published as "The Dissecting Room," lithograph by T. C. Wilson, n.d. See M. Dorothy George, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol. 7 (London: British Museum Publications, 1978 reprint of 1942 edition), pp. 671-72, no. 9682.
11. Some aspects are discussed by Fiona Haslam; From Hogarth to Rowlandson: Medicine in Art in Eighteenth-Century Britain (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1996), p. 286.
12. Unidentified, but perhaps present, is Eusebius Arthur Lloyd (1795-1862).
13. See Narrative of the Murder of Mr. Weare (London: J. Edgerley, 1823); Pierce Egan's Account of the Trial of John Thurtell and Joseph Hunt (London: Knight and Lacey, 1824); The Fatal Effects of Gambling Exemplified in the Murder of William Weare (London: Thomas Kelley, 1824); Albert Borowitz, The Thurtell-Hunt Murder Case: Dark Mirror to Regency England (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1987); Thomas Seccombe, "John Thurtell" Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 19 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921-1922.), pp. 838-40.
14. See Narrative of the Murder of Mr. Weare (London: J. Edgerley, 1823); Pierce Egan's Account of the Trial of John Thurtell and Joseph Hunt (London: Knight and Lacey, 1824); The Fatal Effects of Gambling Exemplified in the Murder of William Weare (London: Thomas Kelley, 1824); Albert Borowitz, The Thurtell-Hunt Murder Case: Dark Mirror to Regency England (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1987); Thomas Seccombe, "John Thurtell" Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 19 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921-1922.), pp. 838-40.
15. See Narrative of the Murder of Mr. Weare (London: J. Edgerley, 1823); Pierce Egan's Account of the Trial of John Thurtell and Joseph Hunt (London: Knight and Lacey, 1824); The Fatal Effects of Gambling Exemplified in the Murder of William Weare (London: Thomas Kelley, 1824); Albert Borowitz, The Thurtell-Hunt Murder Case: Dark Mirror to Regency England (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1987); Thomas Seccombe, "John Thurtell" Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 19 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921-1922.), pp. 838-40.
16. See Narrative of the Murder of Mr. Weare (London: J. Edgerley, 1823); Pierce Egan's Account of the Trial of John Thurtell and Joseph Hunt (London: Knight and Lacey, 1824); The Fatal Effects of Gambling Exemplified in the Murder of William Weare (London: Thomas Kelley, 1824); Albert Borowitz, The Thurtell-Hunt Murder Case: Dark Mirror to Regency England (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1987); Thomas Seccombe, "John Thurtell" Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 19 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921-1922.), pp. 838-40.
17. See Narrative of the Murder of Mr. Weare (London: J. Edgerley, 1823); Pierce Egan's Account of the Trial of John Thurtell and Joseph Hunt (London: Knight and Lacey, 1824); The Fatal Effects of Gambling Exemplified in the Murder of William Weare (London: Thomas Kelley, 1824); Albert Borowitz, The Thurtell-Hunt Murder Case: Dark Mirror to Regency England (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1987); Thomas Seccombe, "John Thurtell" Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 19 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921-1922.), pp. 838-40.
18. Pierce Egan's Account, p. 104.
19. Ibid., pp. 334-35.
20. The same figures appear as articulated skeletons in Rowlandson's "The Amputation," colored etching 1785, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Cazort, Ingenious Machine, p. 214, no. 102, relates the basket containing a body in "The Dissection" to William Hunters acquisition of a "subject" as described in Anatomy of the Gravid Uterus. This may be the incident referred to in "The Anatomist Overtaken by the Watch" by William Austin, etching, 1773. See George, Catalogue, Vol. 5, p. 120, no. 5119.)
21. The same figures appear as articulated skeletons in Rowlandson's "The Amputation," colored etching 1785, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Cazort, Ingenious Machine, p. 214, no. 102, relates the basket containing a body in "The Dissection" to William Hunters acquisition of a "subject" as described in Anatomy of the Gravid Uterus. This may be the incident referred to in "The Anatomist Overtaken by the Watch" by William Austin, etching, 1773. See George, Catalogue, Vol. 5, p. 120, no. 5119.)