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William Hogarth depicted Mary Toft giving birth to rabbits in 1726 in the etchings Cunicularii or The Wise Men of Godliman in Consultation (1726) and Credulity, Superstition, and Fanaticism (1762).[1][2] [3]Mary Toft was a woman who convinced many medical professionals and the public at the time that she was birthing rabbits, when it was, in fact, a hoax.[4] Inspired by the work of William Hogarth, artist Amelia Biewald resurrected the story of Mary Toft into the gallery with The Curious Case of Mary Toft in 2020. [5][6]

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  1. ^ The curious case of Mary Toft. University of Glasgow Library Special Collections Department. (2009). https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/library/files/special/exhibns/month/aug2009.html
  2. ^ Krysmanski, B. (1998). We see a ghost: Hogarth’s satire on methodists and.. Art Bulletin, 80(2), 292.
  3. ^ "print; satirical print | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  4. ^ Mary Toft of Goldyman, England, and Her Extraordinary Delivery of Seventeen Rabbits in 1726. (1980). Pediatrics, 66(4), 539.
  5. ^ "Amelia Biewald". Maake Magazine. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  6. ^ Rosalux (2022-11-17). "ARTIST 2 ARTIST with Amelia Biewald". Rosalux Gallery. Retrieved 2023-11-29.