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Hand-coloured caricature of a man in a black hat and red coat riding a mortar-shaped velocipede with a pestle handle, captioned The Doctors Hobby.

The Doctor's Hobby: Apothecary Riding a Pestle-and-Mortar Velocipede

A hand-coloured caricature shows a stooping man in a black hat and red coat riding a velocipede shaped like a yellow mortar, labelled MORTAR, with a pestle serving as the steering handle. The two wheels roll over a brown ground with small clouds, and the caption The Doctors Hobby appears below.

Artist
William Heath
Date
1819
Medium
Caricatures Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3850 × 4000 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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