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.
- Rosenthal, L.
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- 39942i
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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
Contributors
Lettering
Jail bird.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 39942i
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Location Status Access Closed stores