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The Donkey Show, 1905. The artist witnessed the scene depicted in The Donkey Show at the 'Annual Festival of Work and Peace' in London's Hyde Park. He was struck by the appearance of the 'pearly' children, whom he portrays as downcast and exhausted. In his memoirs, Blanche adds that the Festival ended in a working class protest demonstration through the streets of "the strongholds of capitalism".