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Hand-coloured caricature: a bird-headed figure in a black hat leans over a reclining bare-chested man, framed with lettering reading Dead House.

Caricature of a Bird-Headed Figure Over a Reclining Man

A brown, bird-like creature wearing a black hat leans with a long beak over a reclining, bare-chested man in a hand-coloured lithograph. Framed by a double border, the scene carries lettering reading "Dead House" and "Art thou dead friend?", with a crate marked in small print beside them.

Artist
Isaac Robert Cruikshank
Date
1830
Medium
Caricatures Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3695 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1830.
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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