Absolute wisdom, or, Queen's owl taken from a wood / [graphic]Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880, artist, printmaker[approximately 1820]engCaricature of Alderman Wood with the body of an owl, his head nearly in profile to the rightTitle etched below image.Statement of responsibility etched in lower right corner of image.Date inferred from timing of Wood's service as advisor to Queen Caroline, which began upon the Queen's return to England in 1820.Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.For a copy of this design, published 23 October 1820 by S.W. Fores with the title "An emblem of wisdom made of wood", see no. 13899 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. See also: British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1985,0119.97.Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.