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- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1827]
- Call Number:
- 827.01.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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"., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1831.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 1827 by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- South America,
- Subject (Name):
- Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865, and Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865.
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians, Enslaved persons, Black people, and Alligators
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "It was the first and last time I was ever on a cayman's back" [graphic]
