A man so engrossed in news of the French Revolution that he unwittingly sets his wig alight with his candle. Etching, 1789.

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Aug. 6, 1789
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A man so engrossed in news of the French Revolution that he unwittingly sets his wig alight with his candle. Etching, 1789. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[London] (No. 35 Cheapside) : Printed for Jno. Smith, Aug. 6, 1789.

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The flaming politician burning with news. Lettering within the newspaper reads: "The Gazetteer and N ... / By letters from Paris we hear that / the flame of liberty has broke out there with ..."

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