Wednesday, 16 December 2020
A False Bottom
A lady's false bottom is exposed! "O cruel Wind, I am not so Plump, Then why should you expose my Rump." The Distress'd Damsel in a High Wind takes aim at fashionistas in 1786. Via the British Museum.
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Wednesday, 9 December 2020
An Elopement
This ruddy-cheeked pair are going to cause all sorts of scandal! The Elopement, or Lovers Stratagem Defeated, 1785. Via the British Museum.
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Wednesday, 2 December 2020
A Cat's Funeral
Old Maids at a Cat's Funeral by F.G. Byron, 1789. Savage in its way.
Via the Wellcome Collection.
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