Picture No | 10090189 |
Date | 1820s |
Description | MYTTON RIDES BEAR |
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English eccentric John Mytton (1796-1834) decides to enliven a dinner party by riding a bear into the dining-room causing his guests to flee. It ends in disaster when Mytton is bitten
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Source | Aquatint by E Duncan after H Alken: 'Nimrod's, "Memoirs of the Life of John Mytton" [1837] |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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