The International Exhibition - "The Bad Neighbours", by C. Verlat, 1862. '...here is this wicked Belgian painter representing an incident of monkey life which, in this covetous, mammon-worshipping, shopkeeping, billsticking, advertising , we fear, be paralleled among neighbours by any of us without going , too, at that sly urchin begging and trading upon his weakness. The likeness throughout is certainly not flattering, but is there not a resemblance? And, even if a caricature, may we not find some a lesson in the satire?...one would have thought it quite superer
The International Exhibition - "The Bad Neighbours", by C. Verlat, 1862. '...here is this wicked Belgian painter representing an incident of monkey life which, in this covetous, mammon-worshipping, shopkeeping, billsticking, advertising , we fear, be paralleled among neighbours by any of us without going , too, at that sly urchin begging and trading upon his weakness. The likeness throughout is certainly not flattering, but is there not a resemblance? And, even if a caricature, may we not find some a lesson in the satire?...one would have thought it quite supererogatory to place over the cage the caution, "Defense de toucher aux ; The showman - the proprietor of the exhibition curtain, the drum, trumpet, cups, and dice - is surely a humorous fellow. This is a very odd and very amusing subject for a picture, but it has still greater claims upon attention as a capital painting remarkable for colour and effect'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.
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