The rehearsal or the baron and the elephant, Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, engraving 1812, A satire on the Covent Garden pantomime of 1812-13, which caused a sensation by the performance of an elephant. The elephant crushes under a fore-foot a bust of Shakespeare and a number of open books. Baron Geramb, wearing an enormous moustache, bestrides the upper part of the trunk. On the elephant's back, in place of the 'Sultan of Cashmire,' sits John Kemble, who throws behind him his socks and ermine-bordered cloak inscribed King John's Mantle towards an actor, Elliston(?).
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The rehearsal or the baron and the elephant, Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, engraving 1812, A satire on the Covent Garden pantomime of 1812-13, which caused a sensation by the performance of an elephant. The elephant crushes under a fore-foot a bust of Shakespeare and a number of open books. Baron Geramb, wearing an enormous moustache, bestrides the upper part of the trunk. On the elephant's back, in place of the 'Sultan of Cashmire,' sits John Kemble, who throws behind him his socks and ermine-bordered cloak inscribed King John's Mantle towards an actor, Elliston(?).

Date

1812

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection/Quint Lox Limited

Notre référence

LZT16A00_217

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

31,0Mo (1,7Mo) / 42,3cm x 18,4cm / 4999 x 2168 (300dpi)

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