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Hand-coloured caricature etching: a lecturer with candles and a telescope faces a seated audience, while a man in a blue coat and a dog interrupt.

The Kentish Hop Merchant and the Lecturer on Optics

A hand-coloured etching shows a lecturer at a green draped table beside a telescope, two lit candlesticks and a small dog. Seated and standing spectators in period dress listen, one man in a blue coat gesturing with a cane. Speech balloons with text frame the scene in a caricature style.

Artist
George Moutard Woodward
Date
[1809?]
Medium
Caricatures Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2843 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1819.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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