L'oculiste, Charles Jacque, 1843

Plate 18: satire on ophthalmologists; in the foreground to left, a smartly dressed doctor, wearing special eye glasses (?) holds up a syringe which he is about to use or hand out to to the patient, a man leaning on a walking stick, wearing an overcoat and large cap; some vessels and a large image of an eye in the room on tables; page from 'le charivari', published in 1843, with text on verso lithograph and letterpress. Date: 1843. Dimensions: Height: 217 mm (ruled border); Width: 178 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. L'oculiste (BM 1889,0608.326)