Peter the wild boy [graphic]

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Description

Title: Peter the wild boy [graphic]
Creator: Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker
Contributor: Falconet, Peter, 1741-1791, artist.
Clements C. Fry Collection of Medical Prints and Drawings (Yale Medical Library, Historical Library)
Published / Created: [1767]
Publication Place: England
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title and date supplied by curator.
Place of publication derived from printmaker's nationality.
In image foreground is a bowl inscribed: Peter Wild Boy.
Peter the Wild Boy was born circa 1713, and died 22 February 1785. He was thought to suffer from Pitts-Hopkins syndrome.
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Extent: 1 print : plate mark 50.4 x 35.9 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portraits prints
Mezzotints
Material: mezzotint ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Feral children
Human curiosities
Nuts
Coats
Bowls (Tableware).
Subjects: Feral children
Human curiosities
Nuts
Coats
Bowls (Tableware).

Access: Public
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