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He wears a thick fur coat, a feather trimmed headress, tight leather trousers and a loose tunic, belted at the waist. He is standing with one knee bent, pointing in to the distance.This illustration is captioned with the phrase 'sung with the greatest success by Mr. Corney Grain'.\r\n\r\nIt featured in Mr. & Mrs. German Reed's 'new and successful entertainment' <i>A Sensation Novel</i> and was published by Hopwood&Crew, London.\r\n\r\nThis piece featured as part of 'The German Reed Entertainment' which was founded in 1855 and operated by Thomas German Reed (1817–1888) together with his wife, Priscilla Reed née Horton (1818–1895). 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