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Hand-coloured caricature etching of a crowded street with carriages and onlookers heading toward a palace, with a large costumed figure at left and speech bubbles above.

The Birth Day Hoax, or the Gout at Court, 1823 caricature

A hand-coloured etching by Charles Williams, dated 1823, shows a crowded city street where carriages and onlookers converge on a palace facade. A large caricatured figure in a red and yellow costume looms at left, while speech bubbles fill the sky above the scene.

Artist
Charles Williams
Date
28 April 1823
Medium
Caricatures Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2791 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1823.
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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