Sujet

A physician wearing a seventeenth century plague preventive costume. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

A physician wearing a seventeenth century plague preventive costume. Additional Info: The costume worn by physicians attending plague patients is described by Jean Jacques Manget in his 'Traité de la peste', Geneva 1721: the gown was made of morocco leather, with underneath a skirt, breeches and boots, all of leather and fitting into one another. The long beak-like nose piece was fitted with aromatic substances and the eyeholes were covered with glass.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A26_350

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NA

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NA

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,9Mo (4,5Mo) / 29,7cm x 42,0cm / 3513 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

standing England people male job man men medical health medicine mask historical arts country figure figures science art guy costume occupation museum English color scene dress text depiction location century plague drawing doctor profession disease artwork masked concept APPAREL full length full-length lettering physician watercolour 17th century titled Colour diseased 18th century Eighteenth Century culture history historic seventeenth century Black Death Bubonic Plague watercolour Unknown 1720s Heritage Art Jean Jacques Jean-Jacques clothing & dress fashion & clothing plague doctor Wellcome Collection Jean-Jacques Manget Manget Jean Jacques Manget Johann Jacob Mangetus