Galatea Married mb-code 1150321 'A Peep at the Metropolis

'A Peep at the Metropolis from Hampstead Heath'

It was possible to buy one's way into officer positions

Tuesday 7th June 1977

View showing children in the foreground playing with a hoop

(c1925-c1935

Galatea Married mb-code 1150321 'A Peep at the Metropolis'Galatea Married', 1866. Galatea rides a chariot with two satyrs sitting in the back, their arms crossed and talking to each other. The one eyed giant Polyphemus rides along side her. The illustration shows a scene from John Gay's libretto for Hndel's 'Acis and Galatea', and is based on a fragment of the Elgin Marbles in the British Museum. The cartoon pokes fun at August Manns, the conductor of the Crystal Palace concerts. From Punch, or the London