Human child who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age

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Rapport fait à son excellence le Ministre de l'Intérieur, sur les nouveaux développemens et l'état actuel du sauvage de l'Aveyron / par E.M. Itard.

Peter, the wild boy. Mezzotint by V. Green after P. Falconet.

Peter, the wild boy, as an older man. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.

Peter, the wild boy, with vignette below surrounded by foliage. Engraving, 1807.

A boy found in the forests of Aveyron, France, who had been living 'wild' since a small child as he was unable to speak. Coloured engraving, 1805.

Peter, the wild boy. Line engraving.

Peter, the wild boy. Engraving.

Marcos, wild child of the Sierra Morena / Gabriel Janer Manila ; translated by Deborah Bonner.

Savage girls and wild boys : a history of feral children / Michael Newton.

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Feral children

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Images about Feral children

Works from the collections

Marcos, wild child of the Sierra Morena / Gabriel Janer Manila ; translated by Deborah Bonner.

A boy found in the forests of Aveyron, France, who had been living 'wild' since a small child as he was unable to speak. Coloured engraving, 1805.

Savage girls and wild boys : a history of feral children / Michael Newton.

Rapport fait à son excellence le Ministre de l'Intérieur, sur les nouveaux développemens et l'état actuel du sauvage de l'Aveyron / par E.M. Itard.

Peter, the wild boy. Mezzotint by V. Green after P. Falconet.

Feral children

Images from the collections

Images about Feral children

Works from the collections

Marcos, wild child of the Sierra Morena / Gabriel Janer Manila ; translated by Deborah Bonner.

A boy found in the forests of Aveyron, France, who had been living 'wild' since a small child as he was unable to speak. Coloured engraving, 1805.

Savage girls and wild boys : a history of feral children / Michael Newton.

Rapport fait à son excellence le Ministre de l'Intérieur, sur les nouveaux développemens et l'état actuel du sauvage de l'Aveyron / par E.M. Itard.

Peter, the wild boy. Mezzotint by V. Green after P. Falconet.

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