The rehearsal or the baron and the elephant
The rehearsal or the baron and the elephant. A satire on the Covent Garden pantomime of 1812-13, which caused a sensation by the performance of an elephant. The elephant crushes under a fore-foot a bust of Shakespeare and a number of open books. Baron Geramb, wearing an enormous moustache, bestrides the upper part of the trunk. On the elephant's back, in place of the Sultan of Cashmire, sits John Kemble, who throws behind him his socks and ermine-bordered cloak inscribed King John's Mantle towards an actor, Elliston(?). Date 1812 Jan. 1st
Picture No
10609336
Media ID
47473792
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3949px x 1511px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Library of Congress
Usage Restrictions
Editorial use only without prior approval
