Title etched below image., "No. 45 of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pubd. Septr. 1, 1819"--Below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of text from bottom edge and upper right corner. Missing text supplied from a more perfect impression., and Plate numbered in upper right corner: Plate 15, Vol VIII.
Design consists of male figures from various social classes, professions, ethnic groups, all caricatured, arranged in four horizontal rows all riding two-wheeled bicycles. Below four columns of verse commenting on the various types depicted: parson, lawyer, 'Cit', miser (a caricature of a Jewish man), dandy, tailor, balck man, Quaker, clowns, hunter, etc
Alternative Title:
Four and twenty hobby-horses all of a row
Description:
Title from caption below image., Four columns of verse in letterpress below title: Hobby's the word, and, onward sliding, all London Town is set a-riding ..., Publisher statement in etched below image., Printer statement in letterpress below verses., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills.
Publisher:
Published May 1st, 1819, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand and Printed by L. Harrison, 373, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Bicycles & tricycles, Clowns, Ethnic stereotypes, and Occupations
"A man walking from right to left using a velocipide or early type of bicycle without pedals or chain, similar to a draisine, along the shore of a lake, while another man fairly flies by on another machine in the background to left; illustration to an unidentified publication."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Seven lines of descriptive text in letterpress below plate mark: 'This Machine is of the most simple kind, supported by two lifht wheels running on the same line; the front wheel turning on a pivot, which, by means of a short lever, gives the direction in turning to one side or the other, the hind wheel always running in one direction. The rider mounts it, and seats himself in a saddle conveniently fixed on the back of the horse (if allowed to be called so), and placed in the middle between the wheels; the feet are placed flat on the ground, so that in the first step to give the Machine motion, the heel should be the part of the foot to touch the ground, and so on with the other foot alternately, as if walking on the heels, observing always to behind the movement very gently. In the front, before the rider, is placed a cushion to rest the arms on while the hands hold the lever which gives direction to the Machine, as also to balance it if inclining to either side when the opposite arm is pressed on the cushion.', "Price one shillig.", and Watermark: Turkey Mills J Whatman.
Title etched below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Three fashionably dressed young woman are shown full-length for three different angles, all astride bicycles
Description:
Title from caption below image., Caption below image, text corresponds with figures: Side front & back., Eight lines of descriptive text in letterpress below plate mark: This machine is an ingenious apology for the ladies : it possesses equal power with the gentleman's, will turn as short, and is not so libable to upset, having the perch below instead of above ... Printed by L. Harrison, 373, Strand., "Price one shillg.", and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published May 12th, 1819 at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand and Printed by L. Harrison, 373 Strand
