Doctor Syntax Turned Nurse. Typical farmhouse kitchen-living room. The maid is doing the washing in the scullery through the doorway  One child is in a basketwork cradle and another in a miniature chair.  Doctor Syntax is holding what appear to be twins. Smoked hams hang from the ceiling and pewter plates stand on the shelves of the kitchen dresser.   Thomas Rowlandson illustration for 'The Tours of Dr Syntax' by William Combe (London, 1820). Aquatint.
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