G.W. Wardle, an ape-like figure scavenging with a rake and a lantern, followed by pigs and ducks, stumbles across a decapitated corpse. Aquatint, 1811.

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[1 April 1811]
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38419i
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G.W. Wardle, an ape-like figure scavenging with a rake and a lantern, followed by pigs and ducks, stumbles across a decapitated corpse. Aquatint, 1811. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

On Wardle see the Dictionary of National Biography. However, neither the DNB nor the British Museum catalogue explains this print

Publication/Creation

[London] : [1 April 1811]

Physical description

1 print : aquatint, with etching ; sheet 21.4 x 33.6 cm

Lettering

The walking, committee. Extensive lettering within the print

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1949, vol. 9, no. 11718

Reference

Wellcome Collection 38419i

Language note

English

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