An anthropomorphical figure consisting of a bird's body and a human head is sitting on a branch of a tree. Coloured lithograph by L. Rosenthal.

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view An anthropomorphical figure consisting of a bird's body and a human head is sitting on a branch of a tree. Coloured lithograph by L. Rosenthal.

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An anthropomorphical figure consisting of a bird's body and a human head is sitting on a branch of a tree. Coloured lithograph by L. Rosenthal. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The image represents a play on words as the bird wears a chain around its neck and carries a human face as a caricature of a criminal

Publication/Creation

Philadelphia : L. Rosenthal

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; sheet 26.6 x 16.9 cm

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Lettering

Jail bird.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 39942i

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