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Etched caricature of a street quarrel: two men in coats stand left, two women in cloaks struggle right, with cats and dogs and hanging shop signs.

Two medicine vendors, their wives, cats and dogs arguing about the merits of their antiscorbutic pills. Etching by J. Bretherton after H.W. Bunbury, 1774.

Etching on a street scene: two men in coats and tricorn hats stand at left while two women in cloaks grapple at right, one pulling the other's hair. Cats and dogs gather in the lower right, signs hang on the buildings, and the caption reads 'Mutual Accusation,' a 1774 caricature.

Artist
Henry Bunbury
Date
2d. January 1774
Medium
Etchings Caricatures
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3159 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1774.
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

Español: Mutual Accusation: vendedores de remedios y sus esposas, 1774

Aguafuerte de una escena callejera: dos hombres con abrigo y sombrero tricornio están a la izquierda, mientras dos mujeres con capas se agarran a la derecha, una jalando el cabello de la otra. Gatos y perros se reúnen en la parte inferior derecha, hay letreros colgados en los edificios y el título dice 'Mutual Accusation', una caricatura de 1774.

Português: Mutual Accusation: vendedores de remédios e suas esposas, 1774

Gravura de uma cena de rua: dois homens de casaco e chapéu tricórnio estão à esquerda, enquanto duas mulheres de capa se agarram à direita, uma puxando o cabelo da outra. Gatos e cachorros se reúnem no canto inferior direito, há placas penduradas nos prédios e a legenda diz 'Mutual Accusation', uma caricatura de 1774.

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