I Couldn't Lift This Barrel Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Portrait Prints] Sizes:A3 (297x420mm) Archival Print (Unframed) dancing shrimp and singing salads

dancing shrimp and singing salads

with the New York Times noting that Mr Kelly’s dancing girls and boys “stamp

It was demolished in 1927 to make way for the new Hotel Paxton

was born in 1835 and spent his childhood in Hannibal

The artwork is by Frank Henry Mason (1875-1965)

I Couldn't Lift This Barrel Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Portrait Prints] Sizes:A3 (297x420mm) Archival Print (Unframed) dancing shrimp and singing saladsAlso available as a square print. The euphemism seeing pink elephants was first used in the 19th century to describe the hallucinations experienced by drinkers of absinthe, the anise flavored and highly alcoholic beverage associated with bohemian culture, especially among artists and writers in Paris. Vincent Van Gogh, Ernest Hemingway and Oscar Wilde were well known absinthe drinkers. Absinthe was banned by 1915 but the phrase remained popular up to