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The Emperor of the Waterworks at the Lunatic Asylum
A surreal crowd at the county asylum grounds gathers around Richard as the Emperor of the Waterworks, in eccentric dress, mingles with residents and visitors. A fluttering damsel teases with muffin-man chatter while a stern keeper exposes local oddities and social pretenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Lunatic Asylum
Earth
Queen Victoria
Lady Jane Grey
Lord Broughavn
Civero
William
Queror
Pius
Cardinal Wolsey
John Thomson
Richard
Chelsea
Duke of
Devonshire
Abdel- Kader
Abd-el- Kader
Abd el-Kader
Wate
Napoleon
Buonaparte
Moscow
Waterloo
Valenciennes
Sug
Cope
Aincourt
Gloucestershire
Napoleon Buonaparte
German Ocean
Nap-o-le
Alfred the Great
Alfred
Drury Lane
Dameel