Col. Topham Endeavouring with his Squirt to Extinguish the… by Thomas Rowlandson

Hand-colored caricature of an officer aiming a squirt at a sunburst labeled Genius of Holman, with a crow and a soldier.

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Col. Topham Endeavouring with his Squirt to Extinguish the Genius of Holman, Thomas Rowlandson (1785), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A hand-colored caricature shows a uniformed officer aiming a large brass syringe-like squirt toward a radiant sun labeled Genius of Holman, while a stout man and a woman in a pink gown are pulled along by the officer's blue sash. A crow flies overhead carrying a scroll, and a grenadier with a musket stands at right, with speech balloons throughout the scene. This print by Thomas Rowlandson, dated 1785, is a satirical work in the Wikimedia Commons collection.

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1785

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