On a bridge with Oxford in the background, male students riding bicyles with female companions collide, toppling another student and a master who drops a book opened to a page with the title "Tutors assistant".
Alternative Title:
Brazen Nose Hobbies
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title from caption below image., Plate numbered "Pl. 1" in upper left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"A John Bull rides a 'Velocimanipede', see No. 13411, round the basin in Bushey Park, which is realistically depicted, with its baroque centre-piece. He is a fat 'cit' mopping his forehead; his wig and hat are on a stick fixed in front of the steering-bar. On the seat, labelled 'J.B', his fat wife sits holding a fan, her arm round a thin little girl holding a doll. In the dickey behind (right) is a little boy working the handles which turn the back wheel. In the background across the water is a similar machine, on a tiny scale, followed by a dandy (see No. 13029) on his 'hobby' (see No. 13399)."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Cyclists, Bicycles & tricycles, Dandies, British, Families, Fountains, Lakes & ponds, and Obesity
Title from caption below image., Plate numbered "Pl. 2" in upper left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"Two pretty women run towards each other on velocipedes, see No. 13399. Their short full skirts do not impede their action, and they wear long frilled drawers above neat ankle-boots. Both are very décolletée, one wears a round cap with feathers and tassels, the other an enormous feathered bonnet, with flowers under the scoop. Behind (left) is a country house, a sign-post (right) points towards it: 'To Lark Hall'. The more voluptuous lady (right) says: "I do not see why Ladies should not have a Lark as well as the Gentlemen.""--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins on two sides., and "Price 1s."