A drunkard wearing a hat, seated, drinking. Watercolour and ink by S. Jenner, 1877.

1877.

1 drawing : watercolour and ink ; image and text 20.4 x 21.8 cm

The toper. The toper is a mortal that never can decay. How can a man be turn'd to dust who always wets his clay? Quite a paradox is this, a toper's always dry, However he may wet his clay, to dust at last 't will fly. S. Jenner 1877 Lettering: below the image

Stephen Jenner was Edward Jenner's great-nephew

Wellcome Collection 560835i