The Famous Black Coal Heaver, Black Charley… by Thomas Rowlandson

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Pen drawing of a crawling man beneath a tree peering at a wooden bench, with printed satirical text below.

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The Famous Black Coal Heaver, Black Charley, Looking into the mouth of the wonderful Coal Pit, Thomas Rowlandson (1805), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A pen and ink drawing shows a stocky man crawling on all fours beneath a tree, peering toward a small wooden bench near its trunk.

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Date

1805

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Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain

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