Peter's prophecy, or, The president and poet, or, An important epistle to Sir J. Banks, on the approaching election of a president of the Royal Society. With an etching by an eminent artist / by Peter Pindar [pseud.].

  • Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819.
Date:
1788
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Peter's prophecy, or, The president and poet, or, An important epistle to Sir J. Banks, on the approaching election of a president of the Royal Society. With an etching by an eminent artist / by Peter Pindar [pseud.]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Peter's prophecy; or the president and poet or, an important EPISTLE to sir J. banks, OH THE APPROACHING ELECTION OF A PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY. Bij Peter Pindar Eswire. 1^-ed. IJSS. In this lampoon attacking Banks and the scientij~ic attainments oj other Fellows oj the Royal Society John Hunter's contributions to the stooiu ~ so jar in advance oj his time - oj hermaphroditism in birds and animals is derisively rejerred to. ^ The pseudonym oj Peter Pindar ivas ardopted by John Wolcot^ a physician trom a jamlly oj physicians, who jound more pirojit in writino scurrilous verses directed against di$hnguished members oj Society - jrom the Throne downwards - than fn the pursuit oj his own projessfon. An excessweju rsre pamphlet. Jr ropy in the Royal Society. PRESFNTFD sv mR. c. r. ruocolf . HOFi. CURAT-OR.