University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Archival Items
Classification
Archival, Images
Accession Number
002050172
Description
A black and white print on paper, the left side of the image depicts a gentleman dressed in a formal tail coat and wig and behind him are shelves of medical instruments, the image has been split down the middle of the man's body and continues as the body of a gentlewoman in a dress, standing next t…
A black and white print on paper, the left side of the image depicts a gentleman dressed in a formal tail coat and wig and behind him are shelves of medical instruments, the image has been split down the middle of the man's body and continues as the body of a gentlewoman in a dress, standing next to a stove. This etching illustrated a book published in 1793 which criticized male birth attendants, a common practice at the time for upper middle class women.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Sir Edmund Osler (The Sir William Osler Collection).
Printed on the front: "A MAN-MID-WIFE, // or a newly discover'd animal, not Known in Buffon's time; for a more full descrption of this Monster, see // an ingenious book, lately publish'd, price 3/6, entitled, Man-Midwifery difsected, contaiing a variety of // well authenticated cases, elucidating this animal's Propensities to cruelty & indecency, sold by the publisher // of this Print, who has presented the Author with the above for a Frontispiece to his Book.": handwritten on the back "from Sir Edmund Oster // 1911".
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Drawings and Prints Binder A, pg. 4a
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 24.7 cm x Width 18.8 cm
Condition Remarks
#1: Stable: Paper is slightly darkened and print is slightly fading in the bottom left corner and the top right corner, edges are considreably darkened, there are many small losses and tears around all four edges of the paper; on the back the paper is very soiled, the shaded parts of the print are starting to show through to the back of the paper, there is significant adhesive residue and backing paper remains at the lower edges, middle edges and upper edges of the paper.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
File
Other
JPG
Reference Comments
Prev. #AMP76; L197; CD #UHN
Research Facts
See https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1645875&partId=1&searchText=forceps&page=1
Date accepted by the Academy of Medicine: 1911.