Galatea Married mb-code 1150321 Tuesday 7th June 1977

Tuesday 7th June 1977

view of London looking west from the roof of the Royal Exchange

Sunbeam at the Isle of Man TT Race

(c1925-c1935

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

Galatea Married mb-code 1150321 Tuesday 7th June 1977'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