Six scenes narrating the fate of a cork leg, the invention of a Dutch artist. Etching by Joe Lisle.
- Lisle, Joe.
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The six scenes show the man stepping out of his house with the new leg, receiving treatment for it and later being pursued with a bill for the treatment. The last two images show the man falling over and dying while his skeleton marches on, driven by the cork leg
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Physical description
1 print : etching, with engraving
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Lettering
The cork leg! An artist in Rotterdam 'twould seem had made cork legs his study and theme Each joint was strong as an iron beam The springs a compound of clockwork & steam. He walk'd of days and nights a score Of Europe he had mad the tour He died but though he was no more The leg walk'd on the same as before. Joe Lisle fecit
Notes
On verso: Music sheet entitled "The cork Leg" with music by Jonathan Blewitt and text by T. Hudson
Reference
Wellcome Collection 44051i
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