"A promenade in Hyde Park. Pelisses heavily trimmed with fur, large muffs, and feathered hats are conspicuous; skirts, slightly trained, reach the ground. One woman wears a much-patterned and flounced dress, without a wrap, and a bonnet surmounted with realistic flowers. The leaning back attitude in walking (see British Museum Satires No. 14438) is that of one woman only; she takes the arm of a dandy in frogged coat and inflated white trousers. A man in a tight-waisted overcoat with large buttons worn with boots, breeches, and a checked neck-cloth, his hands in his pockets, is conspicuous: the lady taking his arm wears much ermine, with a muff and a hat which is a base for towering roses and a dangling lace veil. Uniforms are absent."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Spring fashions for 1824 and Monstrosities of 182[4]
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Imperfect; the digit "4" in "1824" at end of title has been changed to a "6" in manuscript, and the digit "4" in "1824" in text above image has been added in manuscript. Obscured text supplied from impression in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Pub. March 14, 1824, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Muffs, and Hats
