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Ten Viennese Doctors

Carl von Noorden · 1913

A 1913 caricature print showing ten Vienna doctors, including Sigmund Freud, humorously depicted with his books.

This caricature print depicts Freud among fellow Viennese doctors, showing his recognisable public image in 1913.

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Detail of a caricature print on newspaper-like paper showing a bearded man with a bald head and mustache, labeled FREUD, holding an open book titled TRAUMBUCH and a small book labeled WITZ. Other caricature heads labeled TOPOLANSKI and OTHER appear around him.
Carl von Noorden, Ten Viennese Doctors, process print, 1913. Wellcome Collection.

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What it is

This is a process print made in 1913 by Carl von Noorden, showing caricatures of ten Viennese doctors, among them Sigmund Freud. Freud is drawn as a bearded, balding man holding a book labelled Traumbuch (dream book) and another labelled Witz (joke), references to his famous works on dreams and humour. The print is held today by the Wellcome Collection.

Why it matters

This caricature shows how Freud was seen by his medical peers in Vienna during his lifetime — recognisable enough to be mocked affectionately alongside other well-known doctors. It is a rare glimpse of Freud as a public figure within the medical community, not just as a historical name.

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  • What do the books Freud is shown holding tell you about how his ideas were already associated with him?
  • Why might doctors be a popular subject for humorous caricatures of this kind?
  • What does it mean that Freud appears alongside other doctors rather than alone?

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Title page of the German book Die Traumdeutung by Dr. Sigm. Freud, printed in Leipzig und Wien by Franz Deuticke, dated 1900. Includes a Latin epigraph in italics: Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.Book

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The Ego and the Id

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Open book showing a title page on the right, with a boxed German title: 'Das Unbehagen in der Kultur, von Sigm. Freud, 1.-12. Tausend, 1930, Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, Wien'. The left page is blank.Book

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Sigmund Freud's Voice (BBC Broadcast Recording, 1938)

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