Title

'A Gentle Vegetarian', 1869. Artist: George du Maurier

Caption

'A Gentle Vegetarian', 1869. A mighty hippopotamus displays its huge teeth. It is, however, as the hippo points out, the delicate lady on the other side of the cage who feasts on flesh, whereas the hippo feeds more daintily on rice. From Punch, or the London Charivari, March 6, 1869.

Date

1869

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Cartoon Collector

Reference

HRM19A89_369

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (5,2Mb) / 16,3in x 12,8in / 4903 x 3844 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal female women woman people teeth clothes eating hippopotamus hippo zoo cage dress century vegetarian lady B&W cartoon MONOCHROME 19th century black & white black and white B W Zoological Gardens muff nineteenth century Heritage Image Partnership caricature satire engraving George du Maurier George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier Maurier George du engraving satire caricature