THE PHYSICIAN AND THE HYENA
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The Physician and the Hyena

1878

Medium
Printed in black ink on paper
Classification
Figures (representations)
Dimensions
30.2 × 23.5 cm (11 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
Culture
USA
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Credit line
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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About this work

Center, profile of man with top hat, glasses and cape, facing a hyena on his hind legs. Profile of hyena with mouth open and tongue out, with front paws on grave. Left, ghost; above, tree with two owls looking down. Upper left, waning crescent, upset.