"It was the first and last time I was ever on a cayman's back" [graphic]

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Title: "It was the first and last time I was ever on a cayman's back" [graphic]
Creator: Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, G. 1773?-1831?, publisher.
Published / Created: [January 1827]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Jany. 1827 by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: Waterton (right) sits erect and composed astride a Cayman (South American alligator) holdings its forelegs twisted backwards as a bridle. He is barefooted, wearing white shirt and trousers, with a knife in his belt. Four Indians and three black enslaved men haul at the rope attached to the bait which the creature has swallowed. Behind is the river with a long canoe lying against the shore. On the opposite bank are dense trees, some with hammocks slung between them. See British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from caption below image.
Below title: "Vide Wanderings in South America by Charles Waterton Esqr. Page 232".
Watermark: J. Whatman 1831.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xix, p. 45.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.8 x 40 cm, on sheet 26 x 42 cm
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1827
Etchings England London 1827
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): South America,
Subject (Name): Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865,
Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865.
Subject (Topic): Indians
Enslaved persons
Black people
Alligators
Subjects: Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865
Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865 > Illustrations
Indians > South America
Enslaved persons > South America
Black people
Alligators
England > 1827
England > London > 1827

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