File:The cow pock.jpg

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English: The Cow-Pock—or—the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation!—vide. the Publications of y^e Anti-Vaccine Society

Print (colour 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 Edward Jenner administering cowpox vaccine to frightened young women, and cows emerging from different parts of people's bodies. The cartoon was inspired by the controversy over inoculating against the dreaded disease, smallpox. The inoculation agent, cowpox vaccine, was rumored to have the ability to sprout cow-like appendages. A serene Edward Jenner stands amid the crowd. A boy next to Jenner holds a container labeled "VACCINE POCK hot from y^e COW"; papers in the boy's pocket are labeled "Benefits of the Vaccine". The tub on the desk next to Jenner is labeled "OPENING MIXTURE". A bottle next to the tub is labeled "VOMIT". The painting on the wall depicts worshippers of the Golden Calf.

Date

1802

Source

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-3147 (colour film copy transparency), archival TIFF version (4 MB), converted to JPEG with the GIMP 2.4.5, image quality 88.

Author



Description	British caricaturist and engraver
Date of birth/death	13 August 1756	1 June 1815
Location of birth/death	London	London
Work location	London
Authority control	WorldCat

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