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Pen and ink caricature of two startled elderly women in bed, with a grinning horned monster with several faces looming at right.

Two elderly women in bed, disturbed from sleep by a nightmare vision of "The monster" (R. Williams), 1790. Drawing.

A pen and ink caricature shows two elderly women in a bed with a canopy, one sitting up and raising a hand in alarm while the other cries out from the bedside. A grinning, multi-faced monster with horned heads looms at right, holding a rope in a gentleman's coat, as a small winged creature hovers above.

Artist
George Moutard Woodward
Date
[1790?]
Medium
Caricatures Ink drawings Drawings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3163 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1800.
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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