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
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides., Three lines of text after title: These machines were invented by Baron Von Drais ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Hobbies -- Velocipedes., Watermark: Basted Mill., and Manuscript "73" in upper center of plate.
"Promenaders in Hyde Park illustrate these titles. [1] A dandy walks, right to left, jauntily rakish, holding a lorgnette and glove in a gloved hand. He wears a large bell-shaped top-hat, beneath which projects a great tuft of curled hair. Under his arm is a rolled umbrella. [2] A Quaker, in a shallow broad-brimmed hat, walks primly (right to left) with a young (twin) daughter on each arm. He holds a large gamp umbrella, fastened and point downwards. [3] A thin man wearing a long greatcoat and seedy top-hat, walks (left to right) with an expression of acute melancholy. He trails behind him an unfastened umbrella. He faces heavy wind and slanting rain. Beside him is a small dead tree. Near each is an appropriate dog."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Premium, par, and discount
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1st, 1822 by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Geographic):
Hyde Park (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Quakers, Dogs, Dandies, British, Parks, Pedestrians, and Umbrellas
Image above 6 stanzas of explanatory poetry engraved in double columns. A balding lady on horseback in Hyde Park's Rotten Row loses her tête or head-dress to a gust of wind, as her horse bolts toward the right. Two other horsemen as well as a gardener and other passers-by debate the identity of the fallen wig which is decorated with ostrich plumes in the fashion of the period
Alternative Title:
Fate of the tête
Description:
Title from item., Trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 27 x 21 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, 16th April 1777, by J. Lockington, Shug Lane, Piccadilly
Title from text above images., Date based on date of Queen Victoria's coronation: 28 June 1838., Several small designs., and Temporary local subject terms: Hyde Park -- Amusements -- Tricks -- Ladders -- Families.
Title from text above images., Date based on date of Queen Victoria's coronation: 28 June 1838., Numerous small designs., "Proof" written in crayon above title., and Added in pencil along bottom edge of sheet: Doings in Hyde Park on the occasion of coronation Queen Victoria.
Title from text above images., Date based on date of Queen Victoria's coronation: 28 June 1838., Numerous small designs., and Text in lower left corner of sheet: Proof.
Title from text above images., Date based on date of Queen Victoria's coronation: 28 June 1838., Several small designs., and Text below image in lower left: Proof.
