Hermione. c1855 mb-code 1238615 an elephant weighing 5 tons

an elephant weighing 5 tons and an exhibit at Edward Cross's menagerie in Exeter Change

the worse for drink after attending the anniversary dinner of the Moralization and Melioration of the Metropolitan Population Association

In the lower margin an inn is pictured flanked by a description

classical female figure with a wand awakening a recumbent oriental figure

engulfed by fire in 1838

Hermione. c1855 mb-code 1238615 an elephant weighing 5 tonsHermione. c1855. Queen of Sicilia and wife of Leontes in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. Hermione is a stable, warm hearted wife and mother whose virtue is called into question only by her husband.