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[LEARNED HORSE]. SAYERS, James (1748 – 1823). To be seen at Mr S-n’s Menagerie the wonderful, learned Han-r Colt, who writes a letter blindfolded. London: Thos. Cornell, Jan. 1789. Black-and-white satirical etching on King George IV shows a blindfolded horse leaning over a table with a cage of rats below the surface, a monkey “who can read & write a little,” and a man at the left saying, “By Got he will teach de Orse to speak.” 11 ½ x 15 ¼”. Three marginal notations in ink. BM Satires 7493.