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Hand-coloured etching of a man in a dark coat performing experiments at a green table with glassware, a candle, and a globe, with portrait medallions above.

Adam Walker, a natural philosopher, performing scientific experiments. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1796.

A hand-coloured caricature shows a bent-over, bald man in dark coat pouring or stirring at a green-draped table crowded with glass vessels, tubes, a candle, and a globe. Medallion portraits of two bewigged men, a candle, a snake, and papers with figures float above the scene.

Artist
James Gillray
Date
29 March 1796
Medium
Caricatures Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3243 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1796.
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

Español: Un filósofo, grabado coloreado tras Gillray, 1796

Una caricatura coloreada a mano muestra a un hombre calvo, inclinado y vestido con abrigo oscuro, sobre una mesa cubierta de paño verde llena de vasos, tubos, una vela y un globo terráqueo. Sobre la escena flotan medallones con retratos de dos hombres con peluca, una vela, una serpiente y papeles con cifras.

Português: Um filósofo, gravura colorida após Gillray, 1796

Uma caricatura colorida à mão mostra um homem calvo, curvado e de casaco escuro, sobre uma mesa coberta de tecido verde repleta de frascos, tubos, uma vela e um globo. Acima da cena flutuam medalhões com retratos de dois homens de peruca, uma vela, uma serpente e papéis com figuras.

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