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| Keywords: Monstrosities-of-1818-Cruikshank.jpg Monstrosities of 1818 an October 3rd 1818 caricature by George Cruikshank exaggerating the latest style trends For women this was a trend towards a conical silhouette as opposed to the narrow clinging skirts of the ca 1797-1815 period and large bonnets -- and for men extremely tall cravats at the neck narrow tails of the tailcoats and the wearing of male corsets By an old caricaturists' trick the women's skirts are shown shorter than they would have been in real life The men walking fully arm-in-arm was reasonably common and socially acceptable at the time Edited from image http //memory loc gov/master/pnp/ppmsca/07800/07806u tif on the Library of Congress website The raw TIFF has now been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons as File Monstrosities of 1818 tif ---- Bibliographic information found on the LoC site TITLE Monstrosities of 1818 / G Cruikshank fect CALL NUMBER PC 3 - 1818--Monstrosities of 1818 B size P P REPRODUCTION NUMBER LC-DIG-ppmsca-07806 digital file from original print No known restrictions on publication SUMMARY Print shows unusual clothing styles in men's and women's fashions particularly dresses and hats MEDIUM 1 print etching hand-colored CREATED/PUBLISHED London Pubd by G Humphrey 27 St James's Strt 1818 Octr 3d CREATOR Cruikshank George 1792-1878 artist RELATED NAMES Humphrey G fl ca 1820 publisher NOTES Title from item Forms part of British Cartoon Collection Library of Congress SUBJECTS Clothing dress--England--1810-1820 FORMAT Satires Visual works British 1810-1820 Etchings British Hand-colored 1810-1820 PART OF British Cartoon Collection Library of Congress REPOSITORY Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington D C 20540 USA DIGITAL ID digital file from original print ppmsca 07806 http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/ppmsca 07806 CARD 2005676989 Edited from image http //memory loc gov/master/pnp/ppmsca/07800/07806u tif 1818-10-03 Creator George Cruikshank PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT 1818 Cruikshank Fashion in 1818 Fashion plates depicting men Caricatures of fashion Clothing of the United Kingdom Tailcoats 1818 cartoons Engravings by George Cruikshank Bonnets in art | ||||
