Blue and Buff Loyalty

Francis Willis, D.D., M.D.|Richard Brinsley Sheridan|S. W. Fores|Thomas Rowlandson

December 31, 1788 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

Half-length portraits of Dr. Francis Willis and Richard Brinsley Sheridan, repeated twice. One couple is inscribed "Sunday," and the other "Saturday." On Sunday, an outside inquirer asks, "Doctor, how is your Patient to Day." Dr. Willis answers, "Better thank God," while Sheridan exclaims, "Damnation." On Saturday, an outside inquirer asks the same question, and Dr. Willis responds, "Rather worse - Sir -" to which Sheridan says, "Ha - ha - rare news."

Artist

Francis Willis, D.D., M.D.|Richard Brinsley Sheridan|S. W. Fores|Thomas Rowlandson

Date

December 31, 1788

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959