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Etched caricature sheet titled Symptoms with four scenes: two men talking, a large head, a crowd around a fallen man, and galloping riders on horses.

Aspects of life expressed as symptoms. Soft-ground etching by H. Alken, 1822, after himself.

A soft-ground etching with four comic vignettes under the heading SYMPTOMS. Two top-hatted men in tailcoats converse at left, a bewigged head dominates the center, and a crowd of figures tends a man sprawled on the floor at right. Below, riders in hunting dress gallop on horses across the lower margin.

Artist
Henry Thomas Alken
Date
1822
Medium
Caricatures Soft-ground etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3317 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1822.
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: Síntomas: aspectos de la vida en cuatro viñetas caricaturescas

Un aguafuerte al barniz blando con cuatro viñetas cómicas bajo el encabezado SYMPTOMS. A la izquierda, dos hombres con sombrero de copa y levita conversan; en el centro domina una cabeza con peluca; a la derecha, un grupo rodea a un hombre tendido en el suelo. Abajo, jinetes con atuendo de caza galopan.

Português: Sintomas: aspectos da vida em quatro vinhetas caricaturais

Uma gravura em ponta seca de verniz mole com quatro vinhetas cômicas sob o título SYMPTOMS. À esquerda, dois homens de cartola e casaca conversam; ao centro, uma cabeça de peruca domina a cena; à direita, um grupo cerca um homem caído no chão. Embaixo, cavaleiros de traje de caça galopam.