A boy found in the forests of Aveyron, France, who had been living 'wild' since a small child as he was unable to speak. Coloured engraving, 1805.

[London] (London House Yard, St. Pauls) : R.S. Kirby, 30 April 1805.

1 print : stipple engraving and etching, with watercolour ; image 14.3 x 10.3 cm

The young savage, found in the forests of Aveyron in France. In the year 1798.

See further: E.M. Itard, An historical account of the discovery and education of a savage man, or of the first developments, physical and moral, of the young savage caught in the woods near Aveyron, in the year 1798, London 1802,

Wellcome Collection 18025i