At Vauxhall Gardens, the Master of Ceremonies, C.H. Simpson greets a man in uniform as fashionable visitors look on. Projected in the background is a view of his colossal likeness, in variegated lamps, taken in the Gardens on the 19th of August (the ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by W. Kidd, 14 Chandos Stt. West Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Simpson, Christopher Herbert, 1770-1835, and Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
One of a series of British social caricatures lampooning the pretensions of early 19th-century middle-class Philadelphians, mainly the city's growing community of free African Americans. Influenced by an increasing fascination with American culture an...
Alternative Title:
New shoes
Description:
Title from caption below image. Series title appears at top of image.
Publisher:
Published by G.S. Tregear, Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Pennsylvania and Philadelphia.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans, African American women, Afro-Americans, Clothing & dress, and Shoe stores
