Sir Joseph Banks and the Emperor of Morocco
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 behind.
The missing poem (trimmed away here):
"Lo down the lane alert the Emp'ror flew.
And 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"
The missing poem (trimmed away here):
"Lo down the lane alert the Emp'ror flew.
And 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"
Artwork Details
- Title: Sir Joseph Banks and the Emperor of Morocco
- Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Publisher: George Kearsley (London)
- Subject: Sir Joseph Banks (British, London 1743–1820 London)
- Date: 1788
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9 3/16 × 7 3/16 in. (23.4 × 18.3 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.533.964
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Multiple artists/makers
January 1794
Thomas Rowlandson
late 18th–early 19th century
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