What is caravan? and one more question.
"They see my bills and caravan, but do not read them; their
eyes are on them, but their sense is gone. It is an insanity, a rabies
furor, a dream, of which I would not have believed England could
have been guilty."
This is old english written by Benjamin Robert Haydon, an English painter,
What is caravan in the context?
And what does the second sentence mean?
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Answers · 5
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A caravan is a group of travelers or merchants that band together for mutual assistance and defense while traveling through unsettled or hostile country.
The second sentence can be interpreted as anything; it depends on the who passage or text that it was written. I'll try to looking into it:)
I hope this helps
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At this time Haydon was angry over the fact that many people would go to see Tom Thumb, a side-show exhibit, but not his showing of his paintings.
In this case, a caravan is a vehicle to live in. On the side of it, he probably posted announcements for his exhibition. The 'bills' referred to are sheets posted on various walls around the town, also advertising his exhibition.
He regarded the fact that people would go to see a side-show midget, rather than his art, as a form of madness, a failing in the English people themselves.
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