Long description

A coloured nineteenth-century engraving of a wealthy doctor taking the pulse of his poor patient. The doctor is standing to the right of the image; he is portly and well-dressed, wearing a blue coat and a tall black hat. He has hold of his patient’s left wrist as he feels for the pulse. The patient is on the left of the image; he is obviously very poor, wearing ragged and patched clothing and a soft red cap. He is seated on a rickety wooden chair, looking very unwell as he turns towards the doctor, extending his left hand for his pulse to be taken.