"Extravagantly dressed pedestrians promenade beside (?) the Serpentine. Almost all are arm-in-arm, an exception being an ugly and complacent woman whose face is covered by a long transparent lace veil. The women walk leaning back, as in BM Satires 14438; they point their toes as if at a dancing class, drawing up their skirts, but these are less long. A fashion for stripes for women's dresses and for trousers is apparent, and for patterned materials with scalloped flounces, furbelows, ribbons, and over-trimmed hats. Curled hair frames the face and rests on the shoulders. Waists are still wasp-like for both sexes. Men wear checked neck-cloths with high collars. Much play is made with eye-glasses and canes. Hessian and top-boots are corrugated, spurs are oddly absent. The women wear very flat slippers, tied at the ankle. Beyond the water are trees."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Numbers "3" and "5" in "1835" in imprint have been overwritten with "24" in ms., and Reissue of no. 14725 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 10; originally published July 8, 1824, by G. Humphrey.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Hyde Park (London, England),, England, and London.
Frontispiece. Dandyism displayed, or, The follies of the Ton.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two couples, the men on the right and the women on the left: the couple at top half for 'dandies in a morning dress', the man in morning suit with hat and umbrella, the woman with large hat and shawl; the other couple at bottom half for 'dandies in a evening dress', the man in short evening jacket with handkerchief, the woman with large feather headpiece."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to George Cruikshank by Cohn., Frontispiece to: Bisset, J. Dandyism displayed, or, The follies of the Ton. London : Published by Duncombe ..., [approximately 1820]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Duncombe
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Clothing & dress, Umbrellas, Hats, Handkerchiefs, and Headdresses
"A scene in Hyde Park. Two dandies (see No. 13029) approach a woman in grotesquely fashionable dress, one from the left, the other from the right; she walks in back view through an opening in the rails, in the direction of a sign-post pointing 'To the Artillery Ground', but looks alluringly over her shoulder at the man on the left who leans eagerly towards her. The other stares through a glass."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 30th, 1819 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Str
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, and Parks
"Children on the sea-shore, with a background of cliffs and bathing-machines suggesting Brighton. In dress and manners they are tiny adults. Three couples walk arm-in-arm, a little boy sits on the ground. Two girls and two boys wear vast broad-brimmed hats as in BM Satires 15183. 24th January 1826"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Publication year erased partially and modified with ms. to present as '1826'
A Hyde Park scene illustrating the development in costume since the plate for 1818 (See British Museum satire 13055). The figures seem to be portraits as well as types. The men wear exaggerated hats. A dandy on the left has his hands in his trouser pockets. Collars are more pointed, and cravats and coat collars are higher. The women's dresses are still high-waisted, but now reach to the feet and more bell-shaped. The women no longer tip-toe and the stoop, less pronounced. Those riding and driving in the middle distance include Lord Petersham (left) who drives a high gig, with a groom at his side. The Persian Ambassador is riding with two of his suite (right). See British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Monstrosities of 1819 and 1820
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Plate numbered "Pl. 3" in upper left corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 29th, 1819 by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's Street