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1. Galante show redeunt spectacula mane Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [6 May 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.05.06.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Burke (three quarter length) as a showman bends over his magic lantern in profile to the right. In the upper part of the design is a draped sheet on which are the objects thrown by the lantern. These are (left to right): [1] an oddly shaped elephant chained to a stake inscribed 'A Benares Flea'. [2] Three mountains piled one upon the other, inscribed respectively, 'Ossa', 'Pelion', 'Olympus'; the whole is 'A Begum Wart'. [3] Four large eyes dripping tears float half-submerged in the water they have produced, inscribed, 'Begums Tears'. [4] A whale spouting is 'An Ouzle'. From the right side of the magic lantern the end of a slide (or slider, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6287) emerges; on it is an oriental seated cross-legged and smoking. Next the lantern (right) are the heads and shoulders of two spectators in back view who are applauding; one says "finely imagined"; the other, "poor Ladies they have cried their Eyes out". The 'profil perdu' of Lord Derby appears on the extreme right, saying, "very like an Ouzle [weasel]. Polonius" ['Hamlet', III. ii.]."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another version of the same design
- Description:
- Title etched in bottom part of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and "Another (almost identical) version of the design [British Museum Satiries No. 7313], with the same signature and inscriptions except that the quotation marks in the title and enclosing 'Polonius' are omitted."--British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 6th May 1788 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Oudh (Princely State)
- Subject (Name):
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
- Subject (Topic):
- Impeachment and Projectors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Galante show redeunt spectacula mane Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays / [graphic]
