See No. 15949. Dr. Knox stands in his theatre, dissecting a huge pig which hangs by its hind-feet from a cross-beam. In the background are students in tiers, as in No. 15943, the most conspicuous being the young man with a shield over his eye. Below the title: 'Not quite pleased with his Subject; although a capital one, sui generis', followed by quotations from 'Domestic Cookery' and the 'Weekly Market List' [price of swine].
<p><br>Above is a secondary design: a number of pigs, backed by barrels, one inscribed 'Salt Pork'. Above: 'The Nursery:—or Subjects in Training for next Lecturing Session, at Philadelphia. / "Some men there are love much [not] a gaping Pig".  Shakespeare ['Merchant of Venice', iv. i.] / 'Tis safest taking subjects from the swinish multitude.—Bacon'. (Edmund Burke's phrase, see No. 8500.)   1829
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1829<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1829-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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