Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A man looking through a magnifying glass at a picture of a monkey, whose flatulence is being set alight by a candle; representing the pleasures of the sense of sight. Engraving, 16--.
A man looking through a magnifying glass at a picture of a monkey, whose flatulence is being set alight by a candle; representing the pleasures of the sense of sight. Engraving, 16--.
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A man looking through a magnifying glass at a picture of a monkey, whose flatulence is being set alight by a candle; representing the pleasures of the sense of sight. Engraving, 16--.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Seeing. Seeing so great a pleasure is/ That by this fellows grinning phiz/ He seems so pleas'd he's almost frantick/ At seeing of his brother antick

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