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Coloured caricature etching in six vignettes: arguing market women and a tall thin man passing a short stout woman.

Phrenological propensities: language, ideality, wit, imitation

A hand-coloured etching divided into six vignettes labelled Ideality, Wit, Language, Imitation, Approbation and Comparison. Scenes include a figure beside a curtained bed, a man by a tombstone, arguing women at a market, a lecturer at a lectern, and a tall thin man passing a short stout woman.

Artist
George Cruikshank
Date
1 August 1826
Medium
Caricatures Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3342 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1826.
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