"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.
A father and son of African descent, drawn full-length and holding hands are dressed identically: long blue coats, black hats with the brim pulled down just above the eyes, yellow gloves, and holding brown umbrellas
Description:
Title from caption inscribed in black ink below drawing., Drawing after (?) a character in series of prints issued by S.W. Fores: Hyde Park; The little unknown (Plate 2) and The honey-moon (Plate 3)., and For further information, consult library staff.
In a crowded street gentlemen, a young butcher's boy delivering a slab of meat on a tray, and a dustman smoke pipes and cigars creating large billows of smoke as ladies in large hats, some barely visible in the clouds of smoke, hold handkerchiefs to their eyes and noses. A large bull dog drowls heavily as he watches the smoke pouring from the boy's cigar
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from unverified data from local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 245 x 381 mm.
Publisher:
Pub. Sep. 25 1827 by Thos. McLean Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dogs, Hats, Pipes (Smoking), and Smoking
