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Print (color engraving) published June 12, 1802 by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street. In this cartoon, the British satirist James Gillray caricatured a scene at the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital at St. Pancras, showing cowpox vaccine being administered to frightened young women, and cows emerging from different parts of people's bodies.
Original - 18th-century anti-vaccination quackery, as satirised by James Gillray. His illustration pokes fun of one of the claims made against the cow pox innoculation: That it would cause cow-like appendages to grow out of the body. Reason I don't believe we have any of James Gillray's work as FP. Without wanting to understate Hogarth's ...
James Gillray (13 August 1756 [1] [2] – 1 June 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires, mainly published between 1792 and 1810. Many of his works are held at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Moseley expressed his views before Parliament during investigations into the practice in 1802 and 1808. His outlandish theories were the basis for a satirical cartoon by James Gillray called “The Cow Pock” which portrayed small cows bursting out of human bodies. [4] [3] Moseley died in Southend, a favorite summer vacation spot, in 1819 ...
Works by the British caricaturist James Gillray (1756–1815) Pages in category "Works by James Gillray" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The work was completed using a version of the supposed Venetian secret. The Venetian secret was a major scandal in the art world of eighteenth-century Britain. It involved the alleged rediscovery of secret painting methods that Renaissance painters in Venice had purportedly used to produce dazzling effects of color. [ 1 ]
The smallpox vaccine is used to prevent smallpox infection caused by the variola virus. [10] It is the first vaccine to have been developed against a contagious disease. In 1796, British physician Edward Jenner demonstrated that an infection with the relatively mild cowpox virus conferred immunity against the deadly smallpox virus.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 January 2025. Administration of a vaccine to protect against disease This article is about administration of a vaccine. For the vaccines themselves, see vaccine. See also: Immunization Medical intervention Vaccinations Girl about to be vaccinated in her upper arm ICD-9-CM 99.3 - 99.5 [edit on Wikidata ...