A Splendid Spread
Item
Subject
Parody illustration of waiter serving a woman dressed in crinoline.
Description
This illustration by George Cruikshank parodies the inflatable crinoline dresses worn by women in the nineteenth-century in London. The woman portrayed here wears crinoline so immense that her server must transfer food to her on a long spoon.
Creator
George Cruikshank
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Publisher
Wikimedia Commons, 2 December 2006, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1850-g-cruikshank-crinoline-parody.png
Date
1850
Contributor
Paige York
Rights
Public Domain
Relation
N/A
Format
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Language
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Type
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Identifier
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Coverage
N/A
Original Format
Illustration
Physical Dimensions
859 x 492
Citation
George Cruikshank, “A Splendid Spread,” The Lyon Archive, accessed May 2, 2024, https://lyon.eastendarchives.net/items/show/202.