Artist unknown :A mushroom for the Royal Society! Or a view of a fungus recently grown on their own BANKS... London, Published by L Sidebotham, March 1819.

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Artist unknown :A mushroom for the Royal Society! Or a view of a fungus recently grown on their own BANKS... London, Published by L Sidebotham, March 1819.

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Description

A back view of a capering Sir Joseph Banks, looking at an empty wine cask which is embedded in the top of a giant sized mushroom. Banks' butler has climbed a ladder to reach the cask. Other historic labelled wine bottles are stacked around the room. Banks, the botanist, is delighted that the fungal growth has taken over his cellar. The text below the caricature explains that Banks had arranged to have a cask of wine cellared to allow age to reduce its sweetness. When his butler tried to open...

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Date created

1819

Creator

I Sidebotham (Firm)

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22809661

Related subjects

Banks, Joseph (Sir), 1743-1820 / Royal Society (Great Britain) / Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918 / Caricatures and cartoons / Great Britain / Mushrooms / Wine cellars / Butlers

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