Sujet

'Just A'goin' to Begin!', 1887. Artist: Tom Merry

Légende

'Just A'goin' to Begin!', 1887. WH Smith as a fairground showman, invites the public to his show; the principal parliamentary figures are there, with Charles Parnell dressed as a bandit and Benjamin Disraeli taking the money; behind the platform panels show The Insatiable Irish Growley Wowly, Randolph the Man Sphinx and the Bulgarian Boojum.

Date

1887

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A93_159

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,9Mo (4,9Mo) / 42,8cm x 29,2cm / 5054 x 3454 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black male job man men hat music fairground funfair arts politics dance country Egypt entertainment musician law guy drum drummer crime occupation clothes British dancer color colour humour stage Egyptian Ireland Irish dress show bandit circus entertainer clown location century musical instrument Bulgaria bulgarian fair Britain profession ballerina criminal Sphinx concept top hat ridiculous politician 19th century showman nineteenth century statesman Guildhall Library & Art Gallery WH Smith & Sons Benjamin Disraeli Charles Stewart Parnell WH Smith William Henry Smith William Henry satire lithograph Lord Benjamin Tom Disraeli Earl of Beaconsfield Viscount Hughendon of Hughendon Dizzy Lord Beaconsfield Beaconsfield Smith Tom Merry Tom Merry;Merry Parnell Charles Stewart Merry Tom