Galante show redeunt spectacula mane : Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays / JS f.
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Print shows Burke (three quarter length) as a showman bending over his magic lantern in profile to the right. In the upper part of the design is a draped sheet on which are the objects thrown by the lantern. These are (left to right): [1] an oddly shaped elephant chained to a stake inscribed "A Benares Flea". [2] Three mountains piled one upon the other, inscribed respectively, "Ossa", "Pelion", "Olympus"; the whole is "A Begum Wart". [3] Four large eyes dripping tears float half-submerged in the water they have produced, inscribed, "Begums Tears". [4] A whale spouting is "An Ouzle". From the right side of the magic lantern the end of a slider emerges; on it is an oriental seated cross-legged and smoking. Next the lantern (right) are the heads and shoulders of two spectators in back view who are applauding; one says "finely imagined"; the other, "poor Ladies they have cried their Eyes out". The "profil perdu" of Lord Derby appears on the extreme right, saying, "very like an Ouzle". Cf. George.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.