Galvanism: the apparent revival of a dead man, pencil caricature

A pencil and graphite caricature on pale paper shows a man in a long coat extending a rod toward a pale, reclining figure on a bed. Two women recoil at left, hands raised, while handwritten captions read 'Galvinism — the Dead Alive' and 'Folly as it Flies'.

Artist

George Moutard Woodward

Date

[between 1700 and 1799]

Medium

Caricatures Pencil works Graphite drawings

Source

Wellcome Collection

Size

4000 × 3304 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection