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Sir Joseph Banks and the Emperor of Morocco

Publisher George Kearsley British
Subject Sir Joseph Banks British
1788
Not on view
Sir Joseph Banks is shown pursuing a butterfly with a scissor-like net, in a walled garden. He steps over a gardener who lies sprawled on the ground, knocks over pots, and loses his hat which flies off behind.
The missing poem (trimmed away here):
"Lo down the lane alert the Emp'ror flew.
And struck once more Sir Joseph's hawk like view;
And now he mounted o'er a garden wall!
In rush'd Sir Joseph at the garden door,
Knock'd down the Gard'ner-what could man do more,
And lest him as he chose to rise or sprawl"

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Sir Joseph Banks and the Emperor of Morocco
  • Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Publisher: George Kearsley (London)
  • Subject: Sir Joseph Banks (British, London 1743–1820 London)
  • Date: 1788
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 3/16 × 7 3/16 in. (23.4 × 18.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.533.964
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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