A monkey dressed as a rat-catcher, smokes a pipe, and holds a pole with a wooden box attached to it (containing rat poison) from which dead rats dangle. Pencil drawing with watercolour by Fernand Pelez de Cordova.

  • Córdova, Fernand Pelez de, 1820-1899.
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A monkey dressed as a rat-catcher, smokes a pipe, and holds a pole with a wooden box attached to it (containing rat poison) from which dead rats dangle. Pencil drawing with watercolour by Fernand Pelez de Cordova. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 drawing : pencil drawing, with watercolour ; image 34.8 x 27.7 cm

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Lettering inscribed on the placard: 1863 - Bonbons rafraichissans a l'arsenic purifié. Par Fernand de Cordova.

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Wellcome Collection 38316i

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