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- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Augt. 1st, 1835.
- Call Number:
- 835.08.01.23+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Couples, Parks, and Pedestrians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Monstrosities" of 1824. [graphic] / Pt. 7