Galatea Married mb-width 793 View of Abingdon from Nuneham

View of Abingdon from Nuneham Park

'Banquet at Lucentio's house'

carrying a tub on her head

'The enraged macaroni

The caption describes the location as being the proposed site for the Wellington Monument

Galatea Married mb-width 793 View of Abingdon from Nuneham'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