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- Learned_pig abstract "The learned pig was a pig taught to respond to commands in such a way that it appeared to be able to answer questions by picking up cards in its mouth. By choosing cards it answered arithmetical problems and spelled out words. The "learned pig" caused a sensation in London during the 1780s. It became a common object of satire, illustrated in caricatures and referred to in literature. The original "learned pig" was followed by other trained pigs, which subsequently became a feature of fairs and other public attractions in Europe and America during the 19th century. In the words of G.E. Bentley, "They served as subjects for cartoons by Rowlandson and moral essays in children's books and savage doggerel by Blake, and they illustrated the manners of the English in works by Joseph Strutt and Robert Southey and Thomas Hood. These freaks of learning clearly exercised a fascination among the literary geniuses of the age as they did among the swinish multitude."".
- Learned_pig thumbnail Rowlandson,_The_Wonderful_Pig,_1785.JPG?width=300.
- Learned_pig wikiPageID "30654493".
- Learned_pig wikiPageRevisionID "590460676".
- Learned_pig caption "Thomas Rowlandson's print The Wonderful Pig satirises the original "learned pig" of 1784-5.".
- Learned_pig hasPhotoCollection Learned_pig.
- Learned_pig imageSize "250".
- Learned_pig known "Selecting cards to spell out names or numbers".
- Learned_pig name "The Learned Pig".
- Learned_pig occupation "Entertainer".
- Learned_pig occupation "Exhibit".
- Learned_pig othername ""Toby"".
- Learned_pig species "S. scrofa domesticus".
- Learned_pig subject Category:1780s_in_England.
- Learned_pig subject Category:Animal_intelligence.
- Learned_pig subject Category:Caricature.
- Learned_pig subject Category:Individual_pigs.
- Learned_pig subject Category:Satirical_publications.
- Learned_pig type Animal100015388.
- Learned_pig type Chordate101466257.
- Learned_pig type Even-toedUngulate102394477.
- Learned_pig type Hog102395406.
- Learned_pig type IndividualPigs.
- Learned_pig type LivingThing100004258.
- Learned_pig type Mammal101861778.
- Learned_pig type Object100002684.
- Learned_pig type Organism100004475.
- Learned_pig type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Learned_pig type Placental101886756.
- Learned_pig type Swine102395003.
- Learned_pig type Ungulate102370806.
- Learned_pig type Vertebrate101471682.
- Learned_pig type Whole100003553.
- Learned_pig comment "The learned pig was a pig taught to respond to commands in such a way that it appeared to be able to answer questions by picking up cards in its mouth. By choosing cards it answered arithmetical problems and spelled out words. The "learned pig" caused a sensation in London during the 1780s. It became a common object of satire, illustrated in caricatures and referred to in literature.".
- Learned_pig label "Learned pig".
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- Learned_pig sameAs Q6510079.
- Learned_pig sameAs Q6510079.
- Learned_pig sameAs Learned_pig.
- Learned_pig wasDerivedFrom Learned_pig?oldid=590460676.
- Learned_pig depiction Rowlandson,_The_Wonderful_Pig,_1785.JPG.
- Learned_pig isPrimaryTopicOf Learned_pig.