attributed to Jean Baptiste Genty
Gift of John A. Welsh III, Class of 1959
A doctor with abnormally large ears stops a pharmacist in the Paris street to ask for a cure for his ailment. A bat flies overhead. The caption at the bottom details the conversation between the two caricatures.
Conversation:
The doctor: Yes, I have crowds of patients / You've got to see me running around every morning / From the Estrapade (square / street in Paris) to the streets / And from the streets to Faubourg St Martin (street)
The Apothecary: But would you not after all these walks across Paris be exhausted?
The doctor: What do you think? After all, all these patients are at each ends of crossed directions!
- Created: Late 18th or early 19th Century
- Inventory Number: 3738
- Current Location: Collection Storage
- Collections: John A. Welsh III '59 Collection, Medicine & Bodies, Printmaking