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An episode in Samuel Foote's play The devil upon two sticks: the cobbler Emmanuel Last is examined for entry as a licentiate to the Royal College of Physicians by Dr Hellebore, the president of the college. Mezzotint by J. Finlayson after J. Zoffany, 1769.
Zoffany, Johann, 1733-1810.Date: Published Novr. 30th 1769Reference: 22215i
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Roderick Random (a licentiate from Scotland) facing a board of medical examiners at Surgeons Hall. Coloured aquatint by J. Stadler, 1800, after S. Collings after T. Smollett.
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771.Date: Publish'd as the Act directs May 12, 1800Reference: 10769iPart of: Hogarthian Novelist