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.
Date:
26 January 1789
Reference:
38292i
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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