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The potato is called Paddy Fluke because Paddy was a nickname given to Irishmen and Ireland was associated with potatoes and because a fluke was a variety of kidney potato. The potato has arms and legs and wears a blue jacket. The figure supposed to be Edward Jenner looks nothing like Jenner's portraits, being thin and bespectacled, wearing a black suit and a broad black hat. He may stand for vaccinators in general. The potato has an unhealthy complexion, yellow and lumpy, described in the lettering below the drawing as ‘waxy’.
Title
A Potato Shaking Hands with Edward Jenner, Claiming Him as a Fellow Vaccinator
Date
19th C
Medium
watercolour, pen & brown ink on paper (?)
Measurements
H 9.5 x W 10 cm
Accession number
29573i
Acquisition method
purchased by the Wellcome Library from Chris Beetles, 1996
Work type
Watercolour
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