Quack Doctor, G. W. Stevens in His Lecture on Heads
October 10, 1793
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
image: 12 1/16 x 9 13/16 in. (30.6 x 24.9 cm) sheet: 14 x 10 1/2 in. (35.5 x 26.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.888-302
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
S. W. Fores|Isaac Cruikshank · 1785–1825
**Samuel William Fores (1761–1838), often credited simply as S. W. Fores, was a leading English publisher and printseller whose Piccadilly shop became a landmark during the Golden Age of Georgian caricature.** Born on 8 March 1761, Fores was the son of a cloth merchant and stationer-bookseller. He was apprenticed to his father in 1775 and completed his training in 1782. The following year he esta...