Charles Waterton in Guyana riding on the back of a cayman. Coloured etching by R. Cruikshank, 1827, after E. Jones.

  • Jones, Edwin, Captain.
Date:
Jany 1827
Reference:
9540i
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[London] (27 St James's Street) : G Humphrey, Jany 1827.

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1 print : etching, with watercolour

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"It was the first and last time I was ever on a cayman's back.'' "Vide Wanderings in South America by Charles Waterton Esq.r page 232." Capt. Edw. Jones del.t ; Robert Cruikshank fecit.

References note

R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 3121.1

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Wellcome Collection 9540i

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