Mr Tennyson, Reading In Memoriam to his Sovereign Size:XS: 30 x 20cm A satire linking the cult

A satire linking the cult of Vitruvius (which deduces laws of composition and canons of beauty from the measurements of ancient columns and statues) with the preposterous hairdos of the beau monde

This cartoon shows Sir Colin Campbell presenting the leashed tiger of India to Palmerston who

Henry (1421-1471) ruled with a regent until his majority in 1437

'The Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli near Assisi'

holding 1093 US patents in his name

Mr Tennyson, Reading In Memoriam to his Sovereign Size:XS: 30 x 20cm A satire linking the cult'Mr Tennyson, Reading In Memoriam to his Sovereign', 1904. Illustration from The Poets Corner, by Max Beerbohm, (London, 1904).