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

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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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