A rat-catcher (accompanied by two dogs) carrying a cage of live rats in his right hand and a sharpened wooden stick with dead rats dangling from it in his left. Stipple engraving by J. Baldrey, 1789, after H.W. Bunbury.

  • Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.
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26 January 1789
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38292i
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view A rat-catcher (accompanied by two dogs) carrying a cage of live rats in his right hand and a sharpened wooden stick with dead rats dangling from it in his left. Stipple engraving by J. Baldrey, 1789, after H.W. Bunbury.

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A rat-catcher (accompanied by two dogs) carrying a cage of live rats in his right hand and a sharpened wooden stick with dead rats dangling from it in his left. Stipple engraving by J. Baldrey, 1789, after H.W. Bunbury. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (New Bond Street) : W. Dickinson, 26 January 1789.

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1 print : stipple engraving ; image 31.8 x 24.2 cm

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A rat catcher. ; H.W. Bunbury Esqr delt. ; J. Baldrey sculpt.

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Tony Gould (ed.), Cures and curiosities: inside the Wellcome Library, London 2007, p. 66

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Wellcome Collection 38292i

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