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
Thomas Rowlandson British
Publisher Rudolph Ackermann, London British
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.
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