Sir Joseph Banks and the Emperor of Morocco 1788 Thomas Rowlandson 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 missing poem (trimmed away here):"Lo down the lane alert the Emp'ror 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". Sir Joseph Banks and the
Sir Joseph Banks and the Emperor of Morocco 1788 Thomas Rowlandson 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 missing poem (trimmed away here):"Lo down the lane alert the Emp'ror 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". Sir Joseph Banks and the Emperor of Morocco. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London). 1788. Etching. George Kearsley (London). Prints
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