Goethe Watching the Shadow of Lili on the Blind mb-artist Thomas_Faed Lord Mayor in 1866

Lord Mayor in 1866

1387 (1864)

The accompanying text states that the fish was about six inches in length but that: 'From the bad condition of the specimen it was not possible to make so accurate an examination of its characters

saying that he was 'too uncertain what effect Lord Derby's 'leap in the dark' may produce to a fit and enthusiastic companion for those who wish to celebrate the passing of the Reform Bill of 1867

Goethe Watching the Shadow of Lili on the Blind mb-artist Thomas_Faed Lord Mayor in 1866'Goethe Watching the Shadow of Lili on the Blind', 1904. Illustration from The Poets Corner, by Max Beerbohm, (London, 1904).