A boy is carrying meat on a container across his shoulders, the handles threaten to poke out the eye of a passer-by. Etching by Richard Dighton, 1821.

  • Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880.
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1821
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35913i
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A boy is carrying meat on a container across his shoulders, the handles threaten to poke out the eye of a passer-by. Etching by Richard Dighton, 1821. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (26 Haymarket) : Thos. McLean, 1821.

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1 print : etching ; platemark 28 x 23 cm

Lettering

A London nuisance Ple.4th. A pleasant way to lose an eye. Richard Dighton inv. et sculp.

References note

David Padfield, A view of Dightons: the Dighton family, their times, caricatures and portraits, London 2007, p. 102

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Wellcome Collection 35913i

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