The Merry Soap-Boiler
Charles Bennett
1861
Wood engraving by ‘Morgan’
3¼ x 3 inches at widest point
Illustration for W. H. Wills,Poet’s Wit and Humour, p.106.
Bennett’s talent for characterising animals is portrayed in the droll and menacing snake, coiling around his mesmerised victim.
Scanned image and text by Simon Cooke.