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Mr. Norman as the Sultan of Cashmire [Cashmere] on the Celebrated Young Elephant in the Grand Performance of the Golden Fish now performing at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden

Publisher Rudolph Ackermann, London British
1812
Not on view
A pantomime performance with an elephant in profile and the actor on his back. A smaller figure, the mahout or driver, sits on the animal's neck. The image satirizes a pantomime performed at the Covent Garden Theatre in 1811-12, titled "Harlequin & Padmanaba, or The Golden Fish," which featured a live elephant and caused a public sensation.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title:
    Mr. Norman as the Sultan of Cashmire [Cashmere] on the Celebrated Young Elephant in the Grand Performance of the Golden Fish now performing at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden
  • Artist:
    Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Publisher:
    Rudolph Ackermann, London (British, active 1794–1832)
  • Date:
    1812
  • Medium:
    Hand-colored etching and aquatint
  • Dimensions:
    Sheet: 17 1/8 × 13 3/4 in. (43.5 × 35 cm)
  • Classification:
    Prints
  • Credit Line:
    The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number:
    59.533.1510
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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