Heads: Publicorum by Thomas Rowlandson (1800)

Hand-coloured caricature of a heavy-faced head in a powdered wig, wearing a necklace of rum and brandy bottles, a tobacco box

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A hand-coloured pen and ink caricature by Thomas Rowlandson, dated 1800, shows an exaggerated human head with a powdered wig and a heavy, flushed face. The figure's neck is hung with a chain of drinking and smoking items, including bottles labelled Rum and Brandy, a Tobacco box, clay pipes, and a punch bowl with a ladle.

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1800

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Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain