Mr Tennyson, Reading In Memoriam to his Sovereign Size:XS: 30 x 20cm A satire linking the cult

A satire linking the cult of Vitruvius (which deduces laws of composition and canons of beauty from the measurements of ancient columns and statues) with the preposterous hairdos of the beau monde

who had been instrumental in bringing down his own party on this issue

Henry (1421-1471) ruled with a regent until his majority in 1437

The skin would then be entirely removed from the upper arm and sculpted into the replacement nose

'The Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli near Assisi'

Mr Tennyson, Reading In Memoriam to his Sovereign Size:XS: 30 x 20cm A satire linking the cult'Mr Tennyson, Reading In Memoriam to his Sovereign', 1904. Illustration from The Poets Corner, by Max Beerbohm, (London, 1904).