A man volunteering to act as a subject in a medical experiment, unaware that it involves being stung by a gigantic and angry wasp. Pen and ink drawing by Patrick Wright, ca. 1992.
- Wright, Patrick.
- Date:
- [1992?]
- Reference:
- 38482i
- Part of:
- Worthless pursuits
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About this work
Description
The volunteer is a young man who is having his pulse and chest examined by doctors in white coats. Concealed behind a screen, unknown to him, a giant wasp with a savage sting, kept in a cage, is being provoked with a stick by a keeper in protective costume
Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified], [1992?]
Physical description
1 drawing : pen and ink, over pencil ; sight 25 x 22.7 cm.
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Lettering
Worthess pursuits no 38. Offering oneself as a human guinea-pig in scientific research.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 38482i
Reproduction note
Reproduced in: Patrick Wright, Worthless pursuits, London: Penguin, 1992
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Copyright in this work is currently (1997) administered by Chris Beetles Limited, 8 & 10 Ryder Street, London SW1Y 6QB
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