Ignorance punished by natural science, Bonvatel, monogram thin , 1784 - 1799 print A female personification of natural science hits a man with donkey ears on his naked rear. Another man just had his suit. In the foreground are books with images of balloon vessels. The satire was probably based on the balloon flight of Janinet and Miolant in 1784. paper etching 'Fisica' (Ripa). instruments of torture, execution or punishment: birch rod. spanking, drubbing (of naughty children). satyrs, fauns, Sileni. balloon (aviation)

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