They called him macaroni….
Few fashion statements were more ludicrous than those worn by the macaronis in the 1770’s. I like this rather fine portrait of an elderly man… Read More »They called him macaroni….
Few fashion statements were more ludicrous than those worn by the macaronis in the 1770’s. I like this rather fine portrait of an elderly man… Read More »They called him macaroni….
This caricature on manners revolves around the fact that in polite company you indicated when you had had a sufficiency of tea by placing the… Read More »A tea party, or English manners and French politeness. And a dog…
Maintaining the theme of having a dog in each caricature, a quick look at fashion for the year 1807: Isaac Cruikshank’s ‘A hint to the ladies,… Read More »Too much Flannel…and another dog!
It seems to me that there are far too many blogs featuring cats – and certainly a disproportionate number of my Twitter Followers are feline… Read More »Every dog must have his day…
I recently came across the bill submitted to my ancestor Richard Hall by the Funeral Director on the occasion of the death of his first… Read More »A funeral 233 years ago – 18th Century style – and the undertakers bill!
In his diaries Richard Hall mentions when he paid for his children’s schooling – and what it cost for them to have dancing lessons. So what… Read More »Learning to dance: a must-have skill if you wanted to impress in the Eighteenth Century.
Rowlandson sums up many of the dangers facing a lad from the country, up in Town, in this lovely etching entitled ‘A Cake in Danger’… Read More »The Perils of London: Prostitutes, and Pickpockets…
There is no escaping the fact: Richard’s eldest son William was a bit of a hooligan. As it happened he turned out O.K. in the… Read More »Master William Hall, a tearaway packed off to the country…
A marvellous cartoon from the Lewis Walpole site: The cartoon is by William Heath, and is part of a series called “Man with Umbrella” (see… Read More »A new machine for winding up the ladies, 1829
On the day that Lord Horatio Nelson took his seat in the House of Lords for the very first time a splendid caricature by Isaac… Read More »Smokin’ ! A Cruikshank dig at Horatio Nelson, and more smoke besides…