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A log fire with a guard in front, which a little boy touches with his rattle. Colour lithograph.

A nightwatchman disturbs a body-snatcher who has dropped the stolen corpse he had been carrying in a hamper, while the anatomist runs away. Etching with engraving by W. Austin, 1773.

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Rattle (Musical instrument)

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A log fire with a guard in front, which a little boy touches with his rattle. Colour lithograph.

A nightwatchman disturbs a body-snatcher who has dropped the stolen corpse he had been carrying in a hamper, while the anatomist runs away. Etching with engraving by W. Austin, 1773.