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'"Monstrosities" of 1799, - scene, Kensington Gardens' Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'"Monstrosities" of 1799, - scene, Kensington Gardens' NPG D12699

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey

The most striking element of this 1799 caricature is the large 'poke bonnet' worn by the lady in profile. These were the height of fashion for morning wear in the late 1790s and were much ridiculed; 'a good guard against all familiar approaches of those who have any regard for their eyes' complained one journal. Her companion wears a 'helmet hat' and both sport cropped hair, cut very short behind and left full and 'frizzed' over the forehead. The poke bonnet is accompanied by a... more

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Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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