Temporary observatory for pendulum observations, Sumatra mimicking and commence battle with Hogarth's

and commence battle with Hogarth's paintings on the right

were doomed to failure

This cartoon relates to his 1885 Budget

L-R Bill Owen

Temporary observatory for pendulum observations, Sumatra mimicking and commence battle with Hogarth'sPlan of a tent observatory used for pendulum observations, indicating the location of main instruments (clock, pendulum, telescope and transit instrument) and the masonry pillar for mounting the pendulum clock. Inscribed: 'Plan of the Observatory' Figure no. 3 from Report of the length of the pendulum at the equator made on an expedition from the observatory at Madras, by John Goldingham (Madras, 1824). Scale 1 inch: 2 feet. Original painting pasted