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Printed page of sixteen black ink caricature vignettes titled Médecine nocturne, showing doctors and patients in nighttime scenes under a crescent moon.

Night Calls by Doctors: Sixteen Vignettes, 1897

A printed page of sixteen small caricature vignettes under the title Médecine nocturne, drawn in black ink with a crescent moon at top. Figures in frock coats, nightcaps and long gowns move through scenes of bedside visits, a bulky patient, and a doctor handling a syringe, with captions beneath each panel.

Artist
Marais, Maurice, 1852-
Date
23 January 1897
Medium
Caricatures Wood engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2675 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1897.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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